Synopses & Reviews
Twenty-four unusual tales from various periods in Chinese history, some complex, others as brief as a joke, display the wit, cleverness, and down-to-earth wisdom of the Chinese people.
Review
"The selections are choice; enjoy them." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
Table of Contents
Rare bargain -- Clever wife -- Ten jugs of wine -- Logic -- Living Kuan-Yin -- Thief who kept his hands clean -- Serpent-slayer -- From bad to good to bad to good -- Wine bibber -- Old fuddlement -- Bagged wolf -- Pointing finger -- Unanswerable -- Kertong -- One hairball -- Thievery -- Betrothal -- Clod's comb -- Golden life -- Piebald calf -- Stewed, roasted, or live? -- Noodle -- Monk and the drunk -- Coffin cash.