熊貓叢書：二刻拍案驚奇（英）

　　A Perennial Bestseller on Townsfolk Life As Amazing Tales-First Series by Ling Mengchu （1580=1644） made a hit, the publisher urged him to write a sequel to it. This gave rise to Amazing Tales-Second Series, which has become another bestseller for the.last few centuries. Our English version of the Second Series features 19 stories carefully chosen from the original 40. In fascinating plots and a highly expressive collo-quial language, they are mostly about womens fate ,their miser-able existence in a polygamous society, their daring struggle for genuine love, and their implications in legal cases. All these shed precious light on the social mosaic of seventeenth-century China.

Introduction
Tale 1
Scholar Quan Plots to Relate Himself to a Distant Aunt；
Mother Bai Is Deceived in Marrying off Her Daughter
Tale 2
Inquiring About a Lost Man in CourtesansQuarters；
Hearing Howls of Ghosts in the Saffron Garden
Tale 3
Wang Xiangmin Loses His Son at the Lantern Festival；
The Thirteenth Boy at Age Five Pays Respects to His Majesty
Tale 4
General Li Claims a Brother-in -law by Mistake；
Lady Liu Contacts Her Husband by Stealth
Tale 5
Shen Binges with Thousands in Silver；
Lord Wang Lays a One-night Trap
Tale 6
Rash Young Men Startle Lovers；
Clever Young Women Recognize Jade Toads
Tale 7
Five Tigers Cunningly Plot a Family Dispute；
Big Brother Mo Wisely Shatters a Sinister Scheme
Tale 8
Lord Man Deserts His Benefactor Spouse；
Jiao Wenji WEreaks Vengeance After Death
Tale 9
Tale 10
Tale 11
Tale 12
Tale 13
Tale 14
Tale 15
Tale 16
Tale 17
Tale 18
Tale 19