These books represent the first complete translation of Feng Menglong's three collections of stories that were pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction. These tales, whose importance in the Chinese literary canon and in world literature is without question, have been compared to Boccaccio's Decameron and the stories of A Thousand and One Nights.

Stories Old and New: A Ming Dynasty Collection

Stories to Caution the World: A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 2

Stories to Awaken the World: A Ming Dynasty Collection, Volume 3