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March 23, 2022

Announcing Our 2022 Asian Studies Catalog

Letter from the Editors: We are pleased to present the 2022 Columbia University Press Asian studies catalog. These books span many fields in Asian studies—history, politics, literary studies, philosophy, religion, and film—and reflect the interdisciplinary and global approach of our...

December 17, 2019

Swindle All the Way!

Holiday Advice From the Late Ming Dynasty

“In The Book of Swindles, Rea and Rusk give us hilarious and sobering proof that swindling isn’t just a contemporary concern but has been around for centuries. . . Besides giving insight into deep societal concerns, The Book of Swindles is a great read.”...

September 28, 2018

Zhang Yingyu’s The Book of Swindles

All this week we have been sharing Sinophone literature in English translation as part of our National Translation Month feature. Below is a roundup from The Book of Swindles—a seventeenth-century story collection, offers a panoramic guide to the art of deception....

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Announcing Our 2022 Asian Studies Catalog

Swindle All the Way!

Holiday Advice From the Late Ming Dynasty

Zhang Yingyu’s The Book of Swindles