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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... already brought you good fortune, but a hundred taels isn't nearly what I was talking about!” Consequently, he wouldn't yet accept Xing's thanks. Earlier, once the nobleman had returned home with his daughter, he reported her abduction ...
... already spent the entire amount. In anticipation of Zhu's arrival, they'd hoped that she might be able to bring some money along with her. One night, Zhu told Xing, “My evil ex-husband, Yang, once took a thousand taels and buried them ...
... already disappearing into the distance. Wang Meiwu told me that Li was a friend of his. Once Wang visited his home, since Li was a very respectable scholar, and there he saw a scroll hanging in his hall that identified it as the ...
... master. But by the time Zhao later told them to bring back some of the gold, it had already disappeared. When they returned to the site of their banquet, they called for the owner of the wine shop to Strange Tales from Liaozhai 1623.
... already changed back into bits of dough. The servants reported this, too, to Zhao, who then asked Yaguan about it. Lu replied, “These friends pressured me to provide them food and drink, but there was no money in my empty purse. As a ...