Project Gutenberg 2008-01-04 Public domain in the USA. 1886 Ling, Mengchu 1580 1644 凌蒙初 凌濛初 Ling, Xuanfang Ling, Chucheng Jikongguanzhuren 二刻拍案惊奇 Er ke pai an jing qi Wikipedia page about this book: https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8C%E6%8B%8D Produced by Yi Chen Chaung "二刻拍案惊奇" by Mengchu Ling is a collection of short stories written in the early 17th century. The book features a variety of tales that explore themes of morality, justice, and the supernatural, often illustrated through the experiences of its characters, including monks and individuals entangled in societal issues. The opening of the work sets a reflective tone, incorporating literary allusions and philosophical musings about the nature of storytelling and the value of written words. It discusses the significance of preserving knowledge through texts, emphasizing the consequences of neglect and the fate of precious documents. The narrative then transitions to a specific incident involving a monk named 辨悟, who proposes selling a cherished manuscript, the "金刚经," to address a food shortage in his temple. However, circumstances lead to a remarkable series of events that intertwine the fates of individuals connected to this manuscript, setting the stage for tales of moral choices and supernatural occurrences in the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644 PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Short Stories 1219286 2025-06-10T06:29:44.079003 text/html 1219107 2025-01-10T06:31:55.123774 text/html 568260 2025-06-10T06:29:59.588959 application/epub+zip 589178 2025-06-10T06:29:47.030000 application/epub+zip 589179 2025-06-10T06:29:45.324020 application/epub+zip 1134800 2025-06-10T06:30:07.079020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1074801 2025-06-10T06:29:58.441991 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1045121 2022-09-11T08:35:11.341721 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 968676 2025-06-10T06:29:42.864011 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 968551 2008-01-04T08:34:52 text/plain; charset=utf-8 444433 2008-01-04T08:34:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17826 2025-06-10T06:30:07.227910 application/rdf+xml 9195 2025-06-10T06:29:45.913991 image/jpeg 2502 2025-06-10T06:29:45.616002 image/jpeg 557117 2025-06-10T06:29:44.177995 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 zh.wikipedia en.wikipedia