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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... ..... 1844 The Exhausted Dragons ........... .................. 1847 Scholar Zhen ............................................. 1849 390. The Cloth Merchant .................................... 1854 391. Peng Erzheng ......
... Zhen” (zhen sheng) takes out “a chunk of black stone,” speaks xxii Strange Tales from Liaozhai.
... Zhen forcesJia to prove his worthiness and self-discipline once he entrusts him with the transmuting stone. When Jia eventually asks his mentor explicitly about his place “in the celestial sphere,” Zhen reveals that he is both ...
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