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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Translators' Note | |
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| Chronology of Chinese Dynasties | |
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| Title Page from the 1620 Edition | |
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| Preface to the 1620 Edition | |
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| Jiang Xingge Reencounters His Pearl Shirt | |
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| Censor Chen Ingeniously Solves the Case of the Gold Hairpins and Brooches | |
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| Han the Fifth Sells Her Charms in New Bridge Town | |
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| Ruan San Redeems His Debt in Leisurely Clouds Nunnery | |
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| Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through a Woman Selling Pancakes | |
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| Lord Ge Gives Away Pearl Maiden | |
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| Yang Jiao'ai Lays Down His Life for the Sake of Friendship | |
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| Wu Bao'an Abandons His Family to Ransom His Friend | |
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| Duke Pei of Jin Returns a Concubine to Her Rightful Husband | |
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| Magistrate Teng Settles the Case of Inheritance with Ghostly Cleverness | |
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| Zhao Bosheng Meets with Emperor Renzong in a Teahouse | |
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| The Courtesans Mourn Liu the Seventh in the Spring Breeze | |
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| Zhang Daoling Tests Zhao Sheng Seven Times | |
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| Chen Xiyi Rejects Four Appointments from the Imperial Court | |
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| The Dragon-and-Tiger Reunion of Shi Hongzhao the Minister and His Friend the King | |
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| The Chicken-and-Millet Dinner for Fan Juqing, Friend in Life and Death | |
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| Shan Fulang's Happy Marriage in Quanzhou | |
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| Yang Balao's Extraordinary Family Reunion in the Land of Yue | |
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| Yang Qianzhi Meets a Monk Knight-Errant on a Journey by Boat | |
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| Chen Congshan Loses His Wife on Mei Ridge | |
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| Qian Poliu Begins His Career in Lin'an | |
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| Zheng Huchen Seeks Revenge in Mumian Temple | |
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| Zhang Shunmei Finds a Fair Lady during the Lantern Festival | |
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| Yang Siwen Meets an Old Acquaintance in Yanshan | |
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| Yan Pingzhong Kills Three Men with Two Peaches | |
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| Shen Xiu Causes Seven Deaths with One Bird | |
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| Jin Yunu Beats the Heartless Man | |
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| Li Xiuqing Marries the Virgin Huang with Honor | |
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| Monk Moon Bright Redeems Willow Green | |
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| Abbot Mingwu Redeems Abbot Wujie | |
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| Sima Mao Disrupts Order in the Underworld and Sits in Judgment | |
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| Humu Di Intones Poems and Visits the Netherworld | |
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| Old Man Zhang Grows Melons and Marries Wennu | |
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| Mr. Li Saves a Snake and Wins Chenxin | |
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| The Monk with a Note Cleverly Tricks Huangfu's Wife | |
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| Song the Fourth Greatly Torments Tightwad Zhang | |
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| Emperor Wudi of the Liang Dynasty Goes to the Land of Extreme Bliss through Ceaseless Cultivation | |
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| Ren the Filial Son with a Fiery Disposition Becomes a God | |
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| Wang Xinzhi Dies to Save the Entire Family | |
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| Shen Xiaoxia Encounters the Expedition Memorials | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |