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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... shen) concludes with praise for the narrative's protagonist, court historian Tang Jiwu, who modeled “a righteous path, and heaven had already watched him in admiration for quite some time, which is why the hail god showed any respect ...
... shen] you), as the title's deity extorts money from rich merchant Zhou, explaining, “I didn't take from you according to whether you were poor or rich, whether you had money to spare or didn't . . . but determined the amount that guilt ...
... shen]), yet doesn't perform all of the requisite women's work (suggesting that she simply can't attend to it all), obliging Xue's mother to take care of mending his clothes and shoes. When Xue complains at the frog god's temple (“You ...
... Shen; she refuses to serve Zhaorong “as the mistress of the house,” and “instead took care of manual labor in the household” as the family ends up living in amity. Since there is “no such strong prejudice against a woman having a share ...
... Shen Zhuting, from Suqian.” They got along quite well as they conversed, and behaved towards each other like brothers, deciding that they should travel together. When they arrived in Shanxi, Ren fell seriously ill, but Shen was happy to ...