100 smiles from traditional China / edited and translated by Jiang Yu Dai ; illustrated by Ding Bokui
Digitised Book 216.73.216.62 (0)
1986
Information About
Out of the long feudal tradition, the ironic twist in a line of speech, or the cleverly devised narrative was often the only way for one to secure one's dignity, and it is from such a tradition that a great portion of Chinese jokes are derived. This little volume is a collection of selected Chinese jokes that will 'go' well in English.
Additional Details
- Title
- 100 smiles from traditional China / edited and translated by Jiang Yu Dai ; illustrated by Ding Bokui
- Subject
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- Chinese wit and humor--Translations into English
- Publisher
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- Asiapac, 1986
- National Library Board Singapore, 1986
- Contributors
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- Jiang, Yu-dai
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill.
- Table of Contents
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- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Nose biting -- 2. Borrowing a cow -- 3. Free of charge -- 4. Wrong boots -- 5. Good wine -- 6. Same secret ailment -- 7. Nothing for you -- 8. Difference in age -- 9. A bronze Buddha -- 10. Bamboo trees and bamboo shoots -- 11. Moustache is the hardest -- 12. Growing rice together -- 13. Let someone share my pain -- 14. Salted fish -- 15. Same style -- 16. Spare it the separation -- 17. I am quitting -- 18. Shared boots -- 19. Empty head -- 20. All sweet -- 21. Six legs are faster than four...
- Edition
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- 1st Southeast Asian ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.