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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... Daoism, and Chinese folklore”--Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-89581-043-4 (vol. 2 :alk. paper) I. Sondergard, Sidney L. II. Title. PL2722.U2L513 2008 398.20951--dc22 2008020137 Cover art by Matt Howarth. Copyright © 2008 by Sidney L ...
... ......... xxi The Tales 84. Official Lu's Daughter ....................................... 393 85. The Daoist Priest .............................................. 401 86. The Hu Clan ..............................................
... ............ 790 165. The Earth God's Wife ..................................... 792 166. The Daoist from Jinan ................................... 794 Works Cited .......................................................... xxxi ...
... Daoist adept in “The Daoist Priest” (daoshi), for example, while Xu Yuangong becomes a master of Daoist magic in “Driving Out a Monster” (qu guai), his name “known far and near,” and consequently finds himself in the position of freeing ...
... Daoist cosmologies,” hence the very name of “King Yama” or the “Hell King” came popularly to be synonymous with any one of the ten kings (Kucera 88). Perception of the Hell King varies in Pu's stories, as it does in Chinese culture more ...