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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... ................. 2100 420. Wanxia ....................................................... 2105 421. Bai Qiulian ................................................. 2115 422. The King ............... ..............................
... Qiulian,” for example, helps her merchant/scholar husband, Mu Changong, make a fortune thanks to her ability to anticipate commodity prices. Sheng Yunmian performs her mother-inlaw's household labor in “Chen Yunqi,” attending to the ...
... there for three months, and since none of her students had been able to approach her level of skill by the end of that period, she simply left. 421. Bai Qiulian In Hubei, there was a scholar named 2114 Strange Tales from Liaozhai.
Pu Songling. 421. Bai. Qiulian. In Hubei, there was a scholar named Mu Changong, the son of merchant Mu Xiaohuan. Changong was very intelligent and loved to read. When he turned sixteen, his father felt that having his son engage in ...
... Qiulian, but he thought that agreeing to marriage might anger his father, so he forthrightly explained his hesitation to her. The old lady, however, didn't really believe him and tried to convince him to swear that he'd marry Qiulian ...