初刻拍案惊奇

初刻拍案驚奇

ChūkèPāi'ànJīngqí

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Meanings

1 Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I), a Ming-dynasty short-story collection by Ling Mengchu

Characters

edition; carving

marvel; strange

Examples

《初刻拍案惊奇》是凌濛初的代表作。

《Chūkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí》 shì Líng Méngchū de dàibiǎozuò.

Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I) is Ling Mengchu's masterwork.

他在研究《初刻拍案惊奇》里的故事。

Tā zài yánjiū 《Chūkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí》 lǐ de gùshì.

He's researching the stories in Slapping the Table in Amazement.

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history

Published 1628 by 凌濛初 (Líng Méngchū). Together with its sequel 二刻拍案惊奇 (Èrkè Pāi'àn Jīngqí), the pair is called 二拍 (Èrpāi) — and along with 冯梦龙's 三言 (Sānyán) forms the canon known as 三言二拍, the foundation of Ming-Qing vernacular fiction (白话小说 báihuà xiǎoshuō).

Stroke Order

初 chū

刻 kè

拍 pāi

案 àn

惊 jīng

奇 qí