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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... Wang .................................. 1707 The Emperor of the Eastern Mountain ........ 1710 Xiaomei ... Wang Zi'an ................................................ 1758 A Man Named Diao .................................. 1763 The ...
... Wang Zi'an,” a wish-fulfillment dream by the title's scholar leads him to imagine receiving news of a cash gift and achievement of the highest designation in the imperial civil service system, only to embarrass himself in front of his ...
... Wang” (wang huolang), gets into trouble and summons his younger brother to come testify on his behalf in the court of the underworld.3 However, the matter is suddenly settled out of court, leaving the befuddled younger brother stranded ...
... Wang Ruiting gains his precognitive insights by channeling the title spirit of “Hexian,” while a “practitioner of occult arts who read the future” successfully predicts that the shrewish wife of “Shao from Linzi” (shao linzi) will be ...
... Wang Chicheng until he proves “proficient in Daoist talismanic writing” in “Changting.” His knowledge unfortunately leads him to intervene in a conflict between ghosts and foxes, with painful consequences. Yet when Shi marries the ...