The Book collects 27 proses written by the different authors of Chinese Ming and and Qing Dynasties (AD1368--1911), the plots of these proses are exciting and interesting, and they are worth reading.The 27 proses are: 01. The Orange Vendor 02. Death from Wealth 03. Saving a Tiger 04. The Nine-Headed Bird 05. An Impetuous Person 06. The Story of a Gambler Who Loved Cockfights 07. Xiangji Pavilion 08. A Sketch of My Mother 09. A Cock Fight 10. Tiger Hillock 11. The Peach-Stone Boat 12. A Record for the Five Men's Tomb 13. Story of Liu Jingting 14. Ma the Opera Singer 15. The Story of Big Iron Hammer 16. Inscriptions on Painting(Bamboo) 17. The Evil Spirit Whose Bluff Is Called 18. Selections from "Notes of Yuewei Hermitage" 19. Peach Blossom Village 20. A Mermaid Servant 21. Two Wrongly Matched Couples 22. Mr Lu's Adventure 23. Black Eyebrows 24. A Girl Begotten by a Fox 25. My Plum Tree Infirmary 26. The Elegant Dupe 27. The Leper Girl Qiu Liyu