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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... wine, and his unthinking action precipitates the immediate disintegration of her body. A-Da, the deceased eldest son of a wine seller in “Peddler Wang” (wang huolang), gets into trouble and summons his younger brother to come testify on ...
... wine was about to make the rounds, someone picked up the wine jar and said, “No one's pouring the wine, so may I ask who's acting as host today? It's only proper that first he should take out some money to give us, and then we can start ...
Pu Songling. they called for the owner of the wine shop to take out the money so they could look at it. The owner discovered that the gold had already changed back into bits of dough. The servants reported this, too, to Zhao, who then ...
... Wine was passed around while music was played, accompanied by the beating of drums, and all the female entertainers in the hall stood and performed the song “Congratulatory Wishes.” Once they'd completed three verses, the host and ...
... wine. Gu stood up to take his leave from the banquet, apologizing, “I've been suffering from an eye inflammation, and I dare not allow myself to become drunk.” “Regarding your eye affliction,” the prince replied, “I have the imperial ...