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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... concubines in “The Language of Birds” (niao yu), after hearing about the problem from a flock of ducks flying overhead. When the ducks return later, they convey considerably more disturbing news which the Daoist then delivers, and for ...
... concubines, see the volume four essay, “Purchasing Posterity: Wives and Concubines as Commodities in Pu's Tales” (xxi-xxvii). gods rewarded him with two beauties. “Alas! Although heaven remains Strange Tales from Liaozhai 1617.
... Concubine of the River Luo.'” When the two had finished singing and dancing, a maidservant brought out some kind of fruit on a golden platter, but no one knew what the fruit was called. The old man said, “This was brought from Cambodia ...
... concubine, who bore him two children. The collector of these strange tales remarks, “Sigh! In the day-to-day world, immortals don't necessarily appear any different from everyone else! 'The failure to try hard when one is young does ...
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