《初刻拍案惊奇故事》由著名翻译家王国振在《初刻拍案惊奇》全本基础上进行选编、翻译,向国外读者介绍初刻拍案惊奇故事。 This book is edited and translated by the famous translator Wang Guozhen, to introduce Amazing Tales to the foreign readers.
Tale 1Turtle Shell Makes a Persian Man RichTale 2Husband Dumped to Help Ones Lookalike Twin to Find LoveTale 3Brag Ones Prowess until He Comes Cross Heroic MenTale 4Swordswoman Paid in YungangTale 5Tiger Helps One Marry as ScheduledTale 6Scholar Takes Revenge for Wife Drugged and Procured by the NunTale 7Tang Emperor Xuanzongs Consort Wu Upholds Buddhism and Beats HereticsTale 8Meal Paid with Help to Reunite with His WifeTale 9Predestined Marriage Renewed after Swing PartyTale 10Talent Helps Betrothed Man Saved His MarriageTale 11Evil Boatman Accused of MurderTale 12Jiang Zhenqing Blessed to Get a WifeTale 13Zhao Liulao Killed by his Spoiled SonTale 14Poverty-stricken Yang Huas Soul Returns to Seek ReliefTale 15Scholar Chen Manages to Get Back his Lost PropertiesTale 16Lu Huiniang Remarries to Escape a TrapTale 17Taoist Priest Huang Seduces Wu Leading to DeathsTale 18A Pill-Making Addict Falls into the Honey TrapTale 19Riddles Solved to Help Catch KillersTale 20Blank Letter Help Gets Two ChildrenTale 21Title of Nobility Inherited Through Ones MeritsTale 22Prefectural Governor Serves as a Punter when the Good Luck is OverTale 23Sick Sister-in-Law Recovers to Continue the Foreordained RelationshipTale 24People Join Hands to Kill EnchanterTale 25Xiaojuan Gets Happiness with PoemsTale 26Lawsuit Settled under the Guise of Heavens AssistantsTale 27Enjoying a Lotus Painting by ChanceTale 28Venerable Man Realized His Predecessor as the Master of the Yuxu CaveTale 29Burst into the Jail to Report the News of VictoryTale 30Envoy Demonstrates Power and Military Officer Suffers a WrongTale 31Robber Killed under Guise of a RobberTale 32Game of Exchanging Wives Ends after Getting SickTale 33Bao Zheng Judges WiselyTale 34True Love Met in the Nunnery by ChanceTale 35A Pauper Gets Rich Quickly by Acquiring Filthy LucreTale 36Robber in Black Rapes and Kills an Innocent GirlTale 37Magistrate Saves His Nephew in the HellTale 38Dutiful Daughter Manages to Save Her Half-brotherTale 39Devotional Magistrate Calls in Timely RainfallTale 40Three Letters Forecast Ones Destiny
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A mans fame and fortune is meant to be. In history,countless able men failed to get riches and honor, whilemediocre minds were lucky enough to gain high rank and matchingsalary. Anyway, a stupid, lazy man need do nothing but waitfor the pennies to drop from Heaven. But will it bring happiness?Thats something we simply dont know. Its just common sensethat a family may be destined to produce a lazy or bad guy whomay unexpectedly turn rich.There was a man named Wen Ruoxu, a real black sheepif ever there was one. He often tried to do business, but neversucceeded. He used to sell fans carrying the work of famous calligrapherslike Shen Shichu, Wen Hengshan and Zhu Zhishan.But when he came to Beijing in on a sales mission in summer, thehumidity ruined his fans, and so he lost his money. Hence, he gota nickname, the unlucky wretch.One day, he followedabout 40 other men to goto the sea to seek a living.Before boarding the ship,he bought a basket of orangesto eat on the voyageor to share with others.