警世通言

Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2] published in 1624

to alert / to warn / police

to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

words / speech / to say / to talk

surname Shi

life / age / generation / era / world / lifetime / epoch / descendant / noble