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The oil vendor and the courtesan: Tales from the Ming Dynasty 1
Ted Wang
Chen Chen 2Wang & Chen, 2007, pp. ix-xii
The Oil Vendor and the Courtesan
Feng Menglong
Ted Wang, Chen Chen
New York, Welcome Rain Publishers
2007
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ISBN1566491398
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John Lyman Bishop 1956 The colloquial short story in China: A study ofthe San-Yen collectionsCyril Birch 1950 Stories from aMing collection 1978
Traditional Chinese stories: Themes and variationsAnne E. McLaren The Chinese femme fatale: Storiesfrom the Ming period1994
1979 258
Traditional Chinese stories: Themes and variationsPreface
Lau & Ma, 1978, p.
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absolute freedomwith no restraintsfromarcane academic conventionsWang & Chen, 2007, p. ix
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informatively spice up their reading listspp. ix-xip. xii
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In the last years of the Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong placed his trust in
a covey of corrupt ministers. Neglecting affairs of state, he emptied the empires
coffers to build parks and gardens for himself and frittered away his time in
revelry.p. 3
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a covey of corrupt
ministers
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This is the story of a servant who single-handedly helped his widowed mistress
set up a prosperous family business, married out her three daughters, and
obtained wives for the two young masters, but had not an iota of wealth to his
name when he died. To this day, his name remains inscribed in the annals of
history.
The events in this story took place during the reign of Emperor Jianjing of the
current Ming Dynastyp. 73
The faithful old servant loyalty, p.92
The oil vendor and the courtesanCudgelingher brains, Widow Sun came up with an idea. Can you guess what it was?
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Pei the Ninth advanced on his knees and said, This humble person s name
is Pei the Ninth. I have one son, whose name is Pei Zheng, and who was en-
gaged to Liu the Elders daughter Huiniang when the two were quite young.
p. 121
this small person
So he corrected himself at the last moment and said, This small person saw
this lthy thing lying by the roadside. Finding it objectionable, I threw it into
the river. I do not know where it came from.p. 217
humble abode
The woman asked, May I ask this young master his family and given name?
Xu Xuan replied, This humble person is from the Xu family. My personal
name is Xuan, and I am the rst male in the generational line. The woman
then asked, Where is your home? and Xu Xuan replied, My humble
abode is in the Black Pearl Lane near Guojun Bridge. I tend to sales at an
apothecary.p. 134
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I this humble personthis small person my humble abode
seventylifrom Suzhou Prefecture, in the
county of Wujianp. 174he put up for sale a thousand muof land for somethree thousand taels of silver, to be paid in one lump sum.p. 86 mu tael li A unit ofdistance equivalent to approximately one third of a mile.
the second moonp. 17 the middle of the seventh moonp. 81 on the sixth day of the first lunar monthp. 88
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You are a waif, a crab without legs! 6
My childgirls in our trade cannot afford to
behave like soft-shelled eggs, so do not be so
tender and thin-skinned.
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My mouth is like the sea. I could talk the night
through and not feel thirsty.9
I am like a warty toad in a sewer that dreams of
dining on swans flesh.19
It was as the saying goes: The fisherman profits
when the snipe and the clam grapple.70
Li Keyong was a stingy man, of the sort that
insists on saving a hind leg even when dining on
no more than a louse.
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The oil vendor and the courtesanacrab without legsMymonth is like the sea
snipeclamwartytoadswans flesh
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Hanan 2006 Falling in love: Stories from Ming China Yang & Yang
2000 Stories old and new: A Ming Dynasty collection 2005 Stories to caution the world: A
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