A Complete Account of the Surprise Incident at the Second Moment
About This Novel
The famous writer Ling Shuchu of the Ming Dynasty wrote "Surprise at the First Moment" and "Surprise at the Second Moment", which are collectively referred to as "Er Pai". These two popular books contain a total of seventy-eight short stories and one drama. They describe many fascinating stories in the form of "parallel scripts" that are popular among the people, such as a businessman becoming rich due to bad luck. Scholars rose from poverty to fame; honest officials solved cases like gods, corrupt officials bent the law like tigers; villains engaged in adultery and lawsuits, and swindlers engaged in intrigues; how young people pursued faithful love, and how feudal ethics created marital tragedies. The language is simple and concise; the plot is twists and turns, confusing, yet reasonable; the characters' inner characterizations are meticulous and the artistic images are lifelike, making it well worth reading.
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