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1 online resource (xxxvi, 226 pages). |
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Translations from the Asian classics
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Translations from the Asian classics.
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Intro; Table of Contents; Maps; Translatorsâ#x80;#x99; Introduction; Type 1: Misdirection and Theft; Stealing Silk with a Decoy Horse; Handing Over Silver Before Running Off with It; A Clever Trick on a Pig Seller; Pilfering Green Cloth by Pretending to Steal a Goose; Type 2: The Bag Drop; Dropping a Bag by the Roadside to Set Up a Switcheroo; Type 3: Money Changing; A Daoist in a Boat Exchanges Some Gold; Type 4: Misrepresentation; Forged Letters from the Education Intendant Report Auspicious Dreams; Using Broom Handles to Play a Joke on Sedan Bearers; Type 5: False Relations. |
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Inciting a Friend to Commit Adultery and Swindling Away His LandType 6: Brokers; A Conniving Broker Takes Paper and Ends Up Paying with His Daughter; A Destitute Broker Takes Some Wax to Pay Off Old Debts; Type 7: Enticement to Gambling; A Stern Warning to a Gambler Provokes Others to Entice Him to Relapse; Type 8: Showing Off Wealth; Impersonating the Son of an Official to Steal a Merchantâ#x80;#x99;s Silver; Flashy Clothing Incites Larceny; Type 9: Scheming for Wealth; Stealing a Business Partnerâ#x80;#x99;s Riches Only to Lose Oneâ#x80;#x99;s Own; Haughtiness Leads to a Lawsuit That Harms Wealth and Health. |
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Type 10: RobberyRobbing a Pawnshop by Pretending to Leave Goods There; Type 11: Violence; Sticking a Plaster in the Eyes to Steal a Silver Ingot; Type 12: On Boats; Bringing Mirrors Aboard a Boat Invites a Nefarious Plot; Porters Run Off with Cargo from a Boat; Type 13: Poetry; Swindling the Salt Commissioner While Disguised as Daoists; Chen Quan Scams His Way Into the Arms of a Famous Courtesan; Type 14: Fake Silver; Planting a Fake Ingot to Swindle a Farmer; Type 15: Government Underlings; Swindled on the Way Out of a Court Hearing. |
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An Officer Reprimands a Captured Criminal in Order to Halve His FloggingType 16: Marriage; Marrying a Street Cleaner and Provoking His Death; Taking a Concubine from Another Province Leads to a Disastrous Lawsuit; Type 17: Illicit Passion; A Geomancer Uses His Wife to Steal a Good Seed; Type 18: Women; Coaxing a Sister-in-Law Into Adultery to Scam Oil and Meat; Three Women Ride Off on Three Horses; A Buddhist Nun Scatters Prayer Beads to Lure a Woman Into Adultery; Type 19: Kidnapping; A Eunuch Cooks Boys to Make a Tonic of Male Essence; Type 20: Corruption in Education. |
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Pretending to Present Silver to an Education CommissionerAffixing Seals in a Functionaryâ#x80;#x99;s Chambers; Silver with Sham Seals Is Switched for Bricks; Robbed by a Gang While Sealing Silver in an Unoccupied Room; A Fake Freeloader Takes Over a Con; Money Stashed with an Innkeeper Is Burgled; Type 21: Monks and Priests; A Buddhist Monk Identifies a Cow as His Mother; Eating Human Fetuses to Fake Fasting; Type 22: Alchemy; Trusting in Alchemy Harms an Entire Family; A Foiled Alchemy Scam Leads to a Poisoning; Type 23: Sorcery; Using Dream Sorcery to Rob a Family; Type 24: Pandering. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Chinese. |
| Subject |
Swindlers and swindling -- China -- Anecdotes.
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Swindlers and swindling. |
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China. |
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Fraud -- China -- Anecdotes.
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Fraud. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Rea, Christopher G., translator.
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Rusk, Bruce, 1972- translator.
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| Added Title |
Du pian xin shu. Selections. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2017022890
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Zhang, Yingyu, active 16th century-17th century author. Book of swindles. New York : Columbia University Press, 2017 9780231178624 (DLC) 2017000941 |
| ISBN |
9780231545648 (electronic book) |
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0231545649 (electronic book) |
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9780231178624 (hardcover alkaline paper) |
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