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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... official Li Jinzhuo is unable to repay it until the man's spirit is reborn in a farm animal (in “A Donkey Repays a ... official's own buttocks begin to bleed from the beating. Notes 1 Temple booklets, for example, can be obtained that ...
... official. As ayoung man, the official's reputation as an outstanding individual earned him a rebel prince's favor, so upon obtaining some old letters that had passed between the official and the prince, the governor intended to use them ...
... official's body to return to life. They asked him to stay, but he declined and left to live in He's former home ... official. He pretended to go along with this, though he was almost at the point of despair. Suddenly Huang arrived to see ...
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