Title of a collection of forty vernacular short stories published in 1627 by Ming dynasty author [[冯梦龙|馮夢龍|feng2 meng4 long2]]; it is part of the Three Words series together with [[喻世明言|喻世明言|yu4 shi4 ming2 yan2]] and [[警世通言|警世通言|jing3 shi4 tong1 yan2]]