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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... Those who wasted food were ground into meat jam” (Cline and Littlejohn 22). 3 Though there are always exceptions to any rule of underworld procedure: Ma Cheng, a horse groom in “The Chess xxviii Strange Tales from Liaozhai.
Pu Songling. underworld procedure: Ma Cheng, a horse groom in “The Chess Ghost,” for example, who is employed on occasion by the Hell King as a ghost-catcher, doesn't die each time he makes the journey from the mundane world to the ...
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