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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... told Xing, “My evil ex-husband, Yang, once took a thousand taels and buried them under a tall building, and onlyI know where it is. Just now, I checked that location and found everything there the same as it was, so maybe it's still ...
... 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 “Awaiting Death Hall.” Buried alive with the dead: As ...
... told him they thought 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 ...
... told by Gao Shaozai, whose son was Gao Jiliang, who passed the imperial examination the same year as Shao Shimei. Gao Shaozai . . . GaoJiliang: Gao Shaozai (1612-97) was from Shandong's Zichuan county, as was Pu Songling. Gao Jiliang ...
... told him that his in-laws had forced him to divorce his wife. “Don't worry,” his father answered, “your bride is with your mother now. Since your mother misses you so very much, you can go see her for a little while.” Then Xijiu joined ...