《初刻拍案驚奇》是明末凌蒙初編著的擬話本小
說集，它同作者稍後刊行的《二刻拍案驚奇》一起合
稱“二拍”，是中國古代重要的短篇小說集之一。
《初刻拍案驚奇故事》由著名翻譯家王國振在《
初刻拍案驚奇》全本基礎上進行選編、翻譯，向國外
讀者介紹初刻拍案驚奇故事。

Tale 1
Turtle Shell Makes a Persian Man Rich
Tale 2
Husband Dumped to Help One's Lookalike "Twin" to Find Love
Tale 3
Brag One's Prowess until He Comes Cross Heroic Men
Tale 4
Swordswoman Paid in Yungang
Tale 5
Tiger Helps One Marry as Scheduled
Tale 6
Scholar Takes Revenge for Wife Drugged and Procured by the Nun
Tale 7
Tang Emperor Xuanzong's Consort Wu Upholds Buddhism and Beats Heretics
Tale 8
Meal Paid with Help to Reunite with His Wife
Tale 9
Predestined Marriage Renewed after Swing Party
Tale 10
Talent Helps Betrothed Man Saved His Marriage
Tale 11
Evil Boatman Accused of Murder
Tale 12
Jiang Zhenqing Blessed to Get a Wife
Tale 13
Zhao Liulao Killed by his Spoiled Son
Tale 14
Poverty-stricken Yang Hua's Soul Returns to Seek Relief
Tale 15
Scholar Chen Manages to Get Back his Lost Properties
Tale 16
Lu Huiniang Remarries to Escape a Trap
Tale 17
Taoist Priest Huang Seduces Wu Leading to Deaths
Tale 18
A Pill-Making Addict Falls into the Honey Trap
Tale 19
Riddles Solved to Help Catch Killers
Tale 20
Blank Letter Help Gets Two Children
Tale 21
Title of Nobility Inherited Through One's Merits
Tale 22
Prefectural Governor Serves as a Punter when the Good Luck is Over
Tale 23
Sick Sister-in-Law Recovers to Continue the Foreordained Relationship
Tale 24
People Join Hands to Kill Enchanter
Tale 25
Xiaojuan Gets Happiness with Poems
Tale 26
Lawsuit Settled under the Guise of Heaven's Assistants
Tale 27
Enjoying a Lotus Painting by Chance
Tale 28
Venerable Man Realized His Predecessor as the Master of the Yuxu Cave
Tale 29
Burst into the Jail to Report the News of Victory
Tale 30
Envoy Demonstrates Power and Military Officer Suffers a Wrong
Tale 31
Robber Killed under Guise of a Robber
Tale 32
Game of Exchanging Wives Ends after Getting Sick
Tale 33
Bao Zheng Judges Wisely
Tale 34
True Love Met in the Nunnery by Chance
Tale 35
A Pauper Gets Rich Quickly by Acquiring Filthy Lucre
Tale 36
Robber in Black Rapes and Kills an Innocent Girl
Tale 37
Magistrate Saves His Nephew in the Hell
Tale 38
Dutiful Daughter Manages to Save Her Half-brother
Tale 39
Devotional Magistrate Calls in Timely Rainfall
Tale 40
Three Letters Forecast One's Destiny