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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... organizational practice, not of moral superiority.2 He Zhaorong, a favored concubine, gives birth to a son (the title character of“Danan”), but is forced out by of the home by cruel wife Strange Tales from Liaozhai xxv.
... Zhaorong becomes prone to illness, unable to perform manual labor in the home, recommending that Xi acquire a concubine for that purpose. Ironically, that concubine turns out to be Shen; she refuses to serve Zhaorong “as the mistress of ...
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