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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... Zichuan county, Shandong, where, according to local lore, he served tea to passing strangers in exchange for their stories of magical creatures, anecdotes of the extraordinary, and reports of inexplicable events. Indeed, the reader ...
... Zichuan county, for thirty years), he failed the imperial civil service examination he took in 1687 on the grounds of inappropriate content, and didn't finish the examination he took in 1690 (at the ages of 47 and 50, respectively). We ...
... Zichuan county magistrate Zhang Shinian for not tolerating similar abuses from merchants. A rare stone owned by a man named Xing is coveted by a number of corrupt officials in “Shi Qingzu,” leading to Xing being falsely imprisoned; but ...
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