Project Gutenberg 2007-12-24 Public domain in the USA. 333 Zhang, Yingyu, active 16th century-17th century 張應俞 张应俞 杜騙新書 杜骗新书 Du Pian Xin Shu Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Swindles "杜騙新書" by Yingyu Zhang is a collection of tales focused on the theme of deception, likely written during the late 16th to early 17th century. This work reflects on various schemes of trickery and fraud practiced by clever rogues in society, featuring numerous characters who employ wit and cunning to outsmart others. Each story reveals the intricate and often humorous methods used by the deceivers, as well as the misfortunes befalling their victims. The opening of the text introduces a series of scams, starting with a deceptive horse sale involving a character named Chen, who is tricked by a con artist while trying to sell his horse. The con artist feigns interest in buying the horse, only to leave Chen waiting while he escapes with stolen silk. This sets the tone for the subsequent stories, which explore various forms of fraud, such as pickpocketing, fake exchanges, and manipulations that lead to significant losses for the unsuspecting. As the reader moves through these initial tales, they are invited to consider the cleverness of the scammers while also feeling sympathy for their gullible victims, highlighting the complex interactions between trust and deceit in human relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Fraud -- China -- Fiction PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Humour 283483 2025-06-10T06:03:50.015195 text/html 283304 2025-01-10T06:05:44.916530 text/html 196856 2025-06-10T06:03:54.338153 application/epub+zip 199168 2025-06-10T06:03:51.694192 application/epub+zip 199168 2025-06-10T06:03:50.593204 application/epub+zip 358441 2025-06-10T06:03:56.302170 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 351527 2025-06-10T06:03:53.702157 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322723 2022-09-11T08:05:10.493783 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271361 2025-06-10T06:03:49.755209 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 271273 2007-12-24T08:29:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 129812 2007-12-24T08:29:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17072 2025-06-10T06:03:56.426152 application/rdf+xml 9268 2025-06-10T06:03:51.124172 image/jpeg 2460 2025-06-10T06:03:50.858166 image/jpeg 194511 2025-06-10T06:03:50.039206 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog