初刻拍案惊奇

初刻拍案驚奇
Chūkè pāi'àn jīngqí
proper noun

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 4
Tā zài yánjiū 《 Chūkè pāi'àn jīngqí 》 lǐ de gùshì.
He's researching the stories in Slapping the Table in Amazement.
HSK 7-9
《 Chūkè pāi'àn jīngqí 》 shì Líng Méngchū de dàibiǎozuò.
Slapping the Table in Amazement (Part I) is Ling Mengchu's masterwork.

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history
Published 1628 by 凌濛初. Together with its sequel 二刻拍案惊奇, the pair is called 二拍 - and along with 冯梦龙's 三言 forms the canon known as 三言二拍, the foundation of Ming-Qing vernacular fiction 白话小说.

Stroke Order

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