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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... Shandong province. Every trip to China has been filled with serendipitous discoveries for me; I often share the astonishment there of Pu's characters, who, walking the mundane world one moment, in an instant find themselves in the ...
... Shandong province. White Lotus Society: Originally a Buddhist sect with twelfthcentury roots, the group took a messianic turn during the Qing dynasty, and became part of the tax revolt in 1796 among poor people in the Dabashan mountain ...
... Shandong province, for example, I observed ten chariots and thirty-two horses uncovered in a single burial site dating from the Spring and Autumn Period (642-490 B.C.E.). 333. Lu Yaguan Master Zhao, who was from Wuling, had 1620 Strange ...
... Shandong province. Dengzhou: A prefecture located in modern Shandong province's Penglai county. Originally, Gao Donghai had been a habitual rogue; yet he 1628.