Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: The First Strange Stories from a Ming Case Book

Author: [Ming] Ling Yingchu
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: The First Issue of Surprising Stories contains forty colloquial tales. These include The Divine Matchmaker Zhang Derong Meets a Tiger and Finds a Lucky Day, Pei Yueke Rides the Dragon, Han Scholar Takes Advantage of Chaos to Marry a Beauty, Wu Prefect Shows Kindness to Talent and Approves a Marriage, Zhang Liu'er's Illusionary Seducing Scheme, and Lu Huiniang's Decisive Fate. "Colloquial tales," also known as ancient vernacular novels, differ in style from long serial novels but also have distinctions from modern short stories. This difference lies in the close relationship between colloquial tales and the long-standing folk storytelling tradition of "Shuohua," leaving a distinct imprint of storytelling in their narrative style.