Book of Swindles Zhang Yingyu Paperback
Book of Swindles Zhang Yingyu Paperback This is an age of deception. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Con men ply the roadways. Sorcerers use charmed talismans for…
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Book of Swindles Zhang Yingyu Paperback
This is an age of deception. Bogus alchemists pretend to turn one piece of silver into three. Con men ply the roadways.
Sorcerers use charmed talismans for mind control and murder. Devious nuns entice young women into adultery. A pair of dubious monks extorts money from a powerful official and then spends it on whoring.
A rich student tries to bribe the chief examiner, only to hand his money to an imposter. A eunuch kidnaps boys and consumes their "essence" in an attempt to regrow his penis. These are just a few of the entertaining and surprising tales to be found in this seventeenth-century work, said to be the earliest Chinese collection of swindle stories.The Book of Swindles, compiled by an obscure writer from southern China, presents a fascinating tableau of criminal ingenuity.
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