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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... marry.” He calculated the time remaining until the appointed day, then arranged for servants and horses to accompany him to Hebei. He searched for information about Minister of Revenue Lu and found that there was such a person for sure ...
... marry her, and though he repeatedly indicated his interest, his host pretended not to notice. One day, Hu took a brief leave from his work and left. TheHu Clan: Pu is punning with homonyms here: the characters for the surname Hu (胡) ...
... marrying into the family? At any rate, my daughter's already engaged to someone. Please express my regrets to Mr. Hu.” The visitor replied, “We know for a fact that your daughter is available, so why reject the proposal this way?” Over ...
... marry into my family? But your carriages and horses, your homes, they're not at all like those used by people, so if my daughter lived together with you, you must know it simply could never go well. As the proverb says, 'There are ...
... marry, in order to focus only on him. However, to be pregnant without a husband was a shameful matter. So by the time the boy was seven, he'd never gone out or seen another person. Suddenly one day the boy said to his mother, “I've ...