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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Pu Songling. bride home. Lu accompanied them to their house, stayed with them for six months, and then left. Husband and wife lived together like young newlyweds, and people who didn't know them often mistook their sons and daughters-in ...
... staying to Sheng: A dry measure equal to one pint. Li Jiantian: Jiantian is the courtesy name of Li Dengxian, who was a well-known fortune-teller from Lijin county in Shandong province (Zhu 1:297n2). demand them back. Li maintained he ...
... stayed alone in an abandoned building, with no neighbors next door in any direction. Suddenly a woman ran in, even though his door wasn't open; he knew in his heart that she was a fox, but he was excited about the prospect of making ...
... stayed with her mother, but the family became increasingly impoverished. When it even happened that there was nothing left for breakfast, they looked around their house and simply couldn't figure out what to do. Suddenly she recalled ...