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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... Frog God .............................................. 2086 418. Another Frog God Tale ................................ 2094 419. Ren Xiu ........
... Frog God Tale” ([qingwa 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 ...
... frog god, marries mortal Xue Kunsheng (in “The Frog God” [qingwa 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 ...
... .” Pipa: A lute-like musical instrument. An embroidery needle . . . cloud-somersault: All of these talents are attributed to Sun Wukong in Journey to the West. 417. The Frog God In the region of the Han Strange Tales from Liaozhai 2085.
Pu Songling. 417. The. Frog. God. In the region of the Han River in Hubei, it was common to treat the frog god with the highest reverence. No one knows how many thousands of frogs there were in the frog god's temple, some of which were the ...