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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... he'd have trouble providing for so many of them. “It'll be really easy to handle,” Lu told them. “But there are so many guests, it's too sudden for it to be held here, so we'll have to go into town to hold it.” Then they invited all of ...
... he'd seen. Since he began to suspect that Yaguan had simply stolen them, he questioned him about it. “The minister's household had stored up a great many of them,” Lu replied, “so why would I have to steal them?” Zhao didn't believe him ...
... he'd already been accepted into the imperial academy, he'd often longed to leave the world behind. He took an official leave to return home to the area south of the Yangzi River, but when he arrived at Qinyou, he no longer wanted to ...
... he'd first seen their names on the list of successful candidates, it seemed like he already knew them; he'd been lost in thought for a quite some time when suddenly he realized that he'd known them in his previous life. He asked one of ...
... he'd never left the inn where he'd been staying. He urgently wanted to go back, so he sent all the servants away. As he started to close his eyes, he could see the palace buildings he'd observed previously, so he quickly followed the ...