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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... .................. 1758 A Man Named Diao .................................. 1763 The Farmer's Wife ...................................... 1765 Yi from Jinling ...................................... 1767 Guo An ................
... wife of “Shao from Linzi” (shao linzi) will be punished by officials, and, indeed, in the course of the story she's eventually flogged. Among the “spirits of the green woods and the dark spaces,” whose company Pu Songling finds ...
... wife and 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 ...
... wife, and although he was concerned about the condition of the house before, after receiving the gold, he was comforted considerably. Then he went and thanked Gu for his prediction. Taking another good look at him, Gu exclaimed, “Not ...
... wife. The nobleman was concerned that Xing didn't have a home, but officials at the time had just put the Yang ... wife: On the household protocols associated with wives and concubines, see the volume four essay, “Purchasing Posterity ...