Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 5The weird and whimsical short stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai show their author, Pu Songling (1640-1715), to be both an explorer of the macabre, like Edgar Allan Poe, and a moralist, like Aesop. In this first complete translation of the collection's 494 stories into English, readers will encounter supernatural creatures, natural disasters, magical aspects of Buddhist and Daoist spirituality, and a wide range of Chinese folklore. Annotations are provided to clarify unfamiliar references or cultural allusions, and introductory essays have been included to explain facets of Pu Songling's work and to provide context for some of the unique qualities of his uncanny tales. This is the fifth of 6 volumes. |
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... Hell King and the mountain's deity have dispatched “male and female ghost servants into the mortal world, where they've become occult doctors acting as 'messengers of the dead.'” An Ercheng, in “Shanhu,” dreams of his deceased father ...
... Hell King himself). In “Lady Liu” (liufuren), honest, hardworking scholar Lian is rewarded with a number of opportunities to improve his situation thanks to the title's ghostly benefactress, and he returns her generosity with his own ...
... Hell King, as in “Niu Tongren”: the title scholar calls upon none other than the god of war, Guandi/Guangong, the deified Guan Yu (see Sondergard and Collins 50-73), who appears to Niu and subsequently solves his pesky fox problem ...
... Hell King” [xxi-xxix]), evidence of the belief in as many as eighteen “Places of Torment” (Mayers 375) has been found in places like Baodingshan (Precious Crown Mountain) north of Dazu City, Sichuan province (Kucera 81-93). Jade Terrace ...
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