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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... . Shi Qingzu ................................................. 2257 451. Zeng Youyu ............................................... 2263 452. The Jiaping Gentleman ............................ 2273 453. The Two Bans ...........
... Zeng Youyu” he flatly states, “As the ancients said: if the father steals, the son will certainly become a thief, for that's how corruption works.” His private papers indicate that Pu Songling had finished the majority of his stories in ...
... Zeng, who had a similar capacity for drinking. He happened to be passing by Ma's house, so Ma sent Tao out to invite him in to drink with them. In absolute accord, Zeng and Tao gleefully drank uninhibitedly, and Ma was sorry that they ...
... Zeng to join him. Hence they became inseparable. On the day of the Flower Fairy Festival, Zeng showed up with two servants carrying a large jar of herb-infused sorghum wine for Tao to join him in emptying. Even when the jar was almost ...
... Zeng and Tao, he drank himself to death (3:1434n48). Mayers notes that the seventh-century B.C.E. historiographer was famous for denouncing the doctrines of Buddhism, particularly “its tenets of celibacy” (47) and withdrawal from ...