Table of Contents
CHAPTER I The Encountering of Six within a Wood
CHAPTER II The Inexorable Justice of the Mandarin Shan Tien
The Story of Wong T’sin and the Willow Plate Embellishment
CHAPTER III The Degraded Persistence of the Effete Ming-shu
The Story of Ning, the Captive God, and the Dreams that mark his Race
i. THE MALICE OF THE DEMON, LEOU
ii. THE PART PLAYED BY THE SLAVE-GIRL, HIA
iii. THE IN-COMING OF THE YOUTH, TIAN
iv. EVENTS ROUND WALLED TI-FOO
CHAPTER IV The Inopportune Behaviour of the Covetous Li-loe
The Story of Wong Pao and the Minstrel
CHAPTER V The Timely Intervention of the Mandarin Shan Tien’s Lucky Day
The Story of Lao Ting and the Luminous Insect
CHAPTER VI The High-minded Strategy of the Amiable Hwa-mei
The Story of Weng Cho; or, the One Devoid of Name
CHAPTER VII Not Concerned with any Particular Attribute of Those who are Involved
The Story of Wang Ho and the Burial Robe
CHAPTER VIII The Timely Disputation among Those of an Inner Chamber of Yu-ping
The Story of Chang Tao, Melodious Vision and the Dragon
The Story of Yuen Yan, of the Barber Chou-hu, and His Wife Tsae-che
CHAPTER X The Incredible Obtuseness of Those who had Opposed the Virtuous Kai Lung
The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner
CHAPTER XI Of Which it is Written: “In Shallow Water Dragons become the Laughing-stock of Shrimps”
The Story of the Loyalty of Ten-teh, the Fisherman