杜騙新書 by active 16th century-17th century Yingyu Zhang
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"杜騙新書" by Zhang Yingyu is a short story collection published around 1617. Considered the first printed Chinese collection about fraud, it presents twenty-four categories of swindles from Ming dynasty society. Each tale of deception is followed by the author's moral commentary, sometimes praising the con artist's cleverness while condemning the victim's foolishness. The work blends elements from court case fiction, supernatural tales, and joke structures, offering insights into the risky world of
traveling merchants and the art of trickery. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Zhang, Yingyu, active 16th century-17th century |
|---|---|
| Title | 杜騙新書 |
| Alternate Title | 杜骗新书 |
| Alternate Title | Du Pian Xin Shu |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Swindles |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | Fraud -- China -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 24021 |
| Release Date | Dec 24, 2007 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 698 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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