A tax officer is dragged before an underworld court where his merits and demerits are weighed up on a scale.
#Topic 5 Money Matters
Here are the stories on #Topic 5 Money Matters
有山西商居京師信成客寓 There was a merchant from Shanxi…
A man who rose from poor to riches refuses to help the one who helped him when he needed it most. Someone tricks him into loaning money anyway.
袁翁 Old Man Yuan
An old man opens a pawnshop after rising from poverty to riches and is tested for his trustworthiness.
先叔儀南公 My late uncle Yinan…
A fox tricks a stingy man into treating his friends to a feast during the Dragon Boat Festival.
河間一婦 A woman from Hejian
A man seeking richess away from home discovers his wife’s unloyalty to him when he returns home.
琴工錢生 Qin player Scholar Qian
A man is rewarded for his upright character.
姚安公言，有孫天球者 The honorable Yao’an said, someone named Sun Tianqiu…
Two men, for whom money is everything, each get schooled by a fox.
錢卜巫 Money Diviner
An old woman correctly predicts the ups and downs of a young man’s financial stability.
割竹簽 Engraved Bamboo Stick
The Li people use engraved bamboo slips to regulate sales of land.
鬼怕討債 A Ghost Fears his Debt Collectors
A ghost avoids his debt collectors but wreaks havoc once they are no longer after him.