Stories to awaken the world / compiled [and authored] by Feng Menglong ; translated by Shuhui Yang and Yunqin Yang.

Preface [to the 1627 edition] -- Two high-minded county magistrates vie to take on an orphan girl as daughter-in-law -- Three devoted brothers win honor by yielding family property to one another -- The oil-peddler wins the queen of flowers -- The old gardener meets fair maidens -- The grateful tiger delivers the bride at big tree slope -- Divine foxes lose a book at small water bay -- Scholar Qian is blessed with a wife through a happy mistake -- Prefect Qiao rearranges matches in an arbitrary decision -- Chen Duoshou and his wife bound in life and in death -- The Liu brothers in brotherhood and in marriage -- Three times Su Xiaomei tests her groom -- Four times Abbot Foyin flirts with Qinniang -- The leather boot as evidence against the God Erlang's impostor -- The fan tower restaurant as witness to the love of Zhou Shengxian -- In eternal regret, He Daqing leaves behind a lovers' silk ribbon -- In defiance, Lu Wuhan refuses to give up the colored shoes -- Zhang Xiaoji takes in his brother-in-law at Chenliu -- Shi Fu encounters a friend at Tanque -- Bai Yuniang endures hardships and brings about her husband's success -- Zhang Tingxiu escapes from death and saves his father -- With her wisdom Zhang Shu'er helps Mr. Yang escape -- With his flying sword Lu Dongbin attempts to kill the yellow dragon -- Prince Hailing of Jin dies from indulgence in lust -- Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty is punished for his life of extravagance -- Mr. Dugu has the strangest dreams on his journey home -- Magistrate Xue proves his divinity through a fish -- Li Yuying appeals for justice from jail -- Young Master Wu goes to a tryst in the next boat -- With his passion for poetry and wine, Scholar Lu scorns dukes and earls -- In a humble inn, Li Mian meets a knight-errant -- Regional commander Zheng renders distinguished service with his divine-arm bow -- Scholar Huang is blessed with divine aid through his jade-horse pendant -- Over fifteen strings of cash, a jest leads to dire disasters -- For one penny, a small grudge ends in stark tragedies -- In righteous wrath, old servant Xu builds up a family fortune -- Enduring humiliation, Cai Ruihong seeks revenge -- Du Zichun goes to Chang'an three times -- Daoist Li enters cloud gate cave alone -- Magistsrate Wang burns down precious lotus monastery -- The god of Madang conjures wind to blow Wang Bo to Prince Teng's pavilion.

Translated from the Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references.

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