Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 6The 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 sixth of 6 volumes. |
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... and Problem Solvers: Pu's Wife (and Husband) Lessons .......... xxii. The. Tales. 413. Feng the Carpenter .................................... 2057 414. Huangying ................................................. 2059 415. The Bookworm ...
... Feng the Carpenter” (feng mujiang), after first affording himself a degree of protection by contextualizing the pro-Ming elements with details that seem superficially to criticize rather than to praise them. Feng, a rather licentious ...
... .” To ensure that her husband's directives for them all were remembered and followed, “she had them carved on a screen” (Zheng 21). The Tales 413. Feng the Carpenter Provincial governor Zhou Youde xxx Strange Tales from Liaozhai.
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... Feng, who was working his shift, staying overnight there at the site. Just as he was about to go to sleep that night, he suddenly noticed that the window shade was halfway open so the moonlight was shining in as bright as daytime. In ...