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The Book of Swindles
Translations from the Asian Classics
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Translations from the Asian Classics
Editorial Board
Wm. Theodore de Bary, Chair
Paul Anderer
Donald Keene
George A. Saliba
Haruo Shirane
Burton Watson
Wei Shang
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THE BOOK OF SWINDLES
Selections from a Late Ming Collection
ZHANG YINGYU
Translated by Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk
C olumbia University Press
Ne w York
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This publication was made possible by a grant from the James P. Geiss Foundation, a
private, non-profit operating foundation that sponsors research on China’s Ming dynasty
(1368–1644).
Columbia University Press wishes to express its appreciation for assistance given by the
Pushkin Fund in the publication of this book.
Columbia University Press
Publishers Since 1893
New York Chichester, West Sussex
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Copyright © 2017 Christopher Rea and Bruce Rusk
All rights reserved
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Zhang, Yingyu, active 16th century-17th century author. | Rea, Christopher G.
translator. | Rusk, Bruce, 1972– translator.
Title: The book of swindles : selections from a late Ming collection / Zhang Yingyu ;
translated by Christopher G. Rea and Bruce Rusk.
Description: New York : Columbia University Press, 2017. | Series: Translations from the
Asian classics | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017000941 (print) | LCCN 2017021726 (ebook) |
ISBN 9780231545648 (electronic) | ISBN 9780231178624 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780231178631 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Swindlers and swindling—China—Anecdotes. | Fraud—China—
Anecdotes.
Classification: LCC HV6699.C6 (ebook) | LCC HV6699.C6 Z43413 2017 (print) |
DDC 364.16/3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017000941
Columbia University Press books are printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper.
Printed in the United States of America
Cover image: Courtesy of the National Museum of China. The cover illustration shows a
detail from “Bustling Nanjing” (Nandu
fanhui tujuan
), a long handscroll
painting by an anonymous Ming dynasty artist (formerly attributed to Qiu Ying
,
1494?–1552).
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