Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 2The 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 second of 6 volumes. |
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... ................. 558 119. The Fox Concubine ........................................ 560 120. The Administrator of Thunder ........................ 567 121. The Gambling Charm ..................................... 575 122.A-Xia ...
... a man named Wang, from Pu's hometown, learns the dangers of demeaning others; and in “Gong Mengbi” (gong mengbi) ... Xia” [a-xia], and “A Donkey Repays a Debt” [jian changzhai]). There are, as well, responses of affirmation or ...
... a particular set of modern ethnographers. Critical ethnographers are individuals who see themselves as advocates of ... Xia Pingzi (in “The Administrator of Thunder” [lei cao]), who “always failed the civil service examination and became ...
Pu Songling. who cares for Xia's wife and child following his death. Scholar Mao (in “The Sisters Switch Marriages” [zi meiyi jia]), like a number of his peers in the Strange Tales from Liaozhai, is born poor, but is skilled and ...
Pu Songling. represented by the additional kings reflected both the administrative ... a guardian of the south” as well as a judge of the dead (Teiser 445), and ... Xia” (a-xia), the Hell King sees to it that Jing fails the civil service ...