杜騙新書 by active 16th century-17th century Yingyu Zhang

"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 ... Read More traveling merchants and the art of trickery. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Show Less

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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 Status	Public domain in the USA.
Downloads	482 downloads in the last 30 days.
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