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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... wasn't like a living beast, but more like something that had been buried alive with the dead; yet it periodically moved its ears and tail, and panted breathily. Presently, once the monk had finished removing his clothes, he opened his ...
... wasn't informed. Once Zhou had received the divorce document from Chen Xijiu, he threw it down in front of his daughter and said, “The Chen family has tossed you out!” “I've never been overbearing or disobedient, so why would he have ...
... wasn't sure that he should go to see him any longer: whenever Xiaojin happened to see him, he'd want Shengyu to bend down and pick him up in his arms; when Tao would walk away, he'd begin wailing inconsolably. Tao was drawn with equal ...
... wasn't at all rich, he loved things that were elaborately decorated, and hence the quilt on his bed was beautifully detailed. One night, when some people invited him over to drink with them, he left home, forgetting to extinguish his ...
... wasn't until noon that the group of them finally all left. Originally, when Liu and Fengxian were just approaching town, looking so resplendent, a crowd like the ones found in the marketplace had turned out to watch them. There were two ...