Ling Mengchu [SEP] place of birth
Ling Mengchu
Ling Mengchu (; 1580–1644) was a Chinese writer of the Ming Dynasty. He is best known for his vernacular short fiction collections "Slapping the Table in Amazement" (拍案驚奇), I and II.
Biography.
Ling Mengchu was born into the Ling clan of Wucheng in northern Zhejiang province (modern day Wuxing District). His courtesy name was 'Xuanfang' (玄房) and his pseudonym was 'Chucheng' (初成).
His ancestors were government officials. His grandfather was named Ling
( three books of Feng MengLong (冯梦龙) : "Yu Shi Ming Yan" (喻世明言) 、"Jing Shi Tong Yan" (警世通言) 、 "Xing Shi Heng Yan" (醒世恒言) ) . "Er Pai" was made a big difference by "San Yan" . Withal, Ling MengChu made no attempt to conceal the truth, he said:" works only by Feng MengLong were the most artistic, and broke corrupt customs of the society in that time. " Ling MengChu wrote "Er Pai