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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... father—so Pu ensures that those skills are exercised when Wang is given the opportunity to rescue his father, who had supposedly died almost a decade earlier. Luo Zifu, described in “Pianpian” (pianpian) initially as a brothel addict ...
... father of the afterlife in Vedic tradition,” and in China, he became the “ruler in the underworld in both Buddhist and Daoist cosmologies,” hence the very name of “King Yama” or the “Hell King” came popularly to be synonymous with any ...
... suggestions coming from the spirits of Du's dead mother and father, who possess their dying daughter-in-law's body in order to communicate strategies to their son for protecting her. Besides simply Strange Tales from Liaozhai xxv.
... by herself. She peeked out to check on him, but found that his appearance didn't fit with his age, began to cry, and returned, complaining that her father had deceived her. Lu swore that it was Zhang. 398 Strange Tales from Liaozhai.
Pu Songling. father had deceived her. Lu swore that it was Zhang. The girl said nothing and wouldn't stop weeping. Lu went back outside, feeling dejected, and informed his guest that the situation had changed and he could no longer ...