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The Spring and Autumn of Master Yan
Yan Ying was a small man, the chief minister of Qi in the age of Confucius, and the cleverest. Sent to the state of Chu, he was asked to enter by a little side gate; he replied that only an envoy to a land of dogs enters by the dog gate. The Spring and Autumn of Master Yan collects more than two hundred anecdotes about him: rebuking dukes for their extravagance, saving innocent men from execution with a single sentence, refusing gifts, outwitting rival courts and arranging the death of three proud warriors with two peaches. This complete new English translation gives all the stories, a witty and warm portrait of an honest minister. Names are given in modern pinyin, offices and titles are rendered plainly, and the narrative runs as continuous English prose, so the book can be read straight through by anyone curious about China's past, not only by specialists.
