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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... magistrate who pressures those beneath him to fulfill his demands is reciprocally squeezed by parallel demands from those above him in “The Cricket” (cuzhi). But his stories also admonish readers to work more consciously Strange Tales ...
... Magistrate Bao for you two?” The Hell King may not reincarnate heroes to rescue the living from their woes, but on occasion the dead are allowed to return to life in acknowledgment of some extraordinary devotion or service performed by ...
... magistrate responsible for ordering an unjust flogging that results in the death of an elderly man is consequently killed by a corpse—the body of the best friend of the old man's son (in “Tian Qilang” [tian qilang]). A man who owes a ...
... afternoon, Wang came over and reYamen runner: An underling employed by the public magistrate. Chi: A measure equal to about 1/3 meter. ported that he'd had a strange dream the previous night. Strange Tales from Liaozhai 453.
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