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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... heard that there were some distinctive species for sale, he'd head off to purchase some specimens without hesitating, even if it meant traveling a thousand li. One day, a guest from Jinling who was staying in his homehappened ...
... heard Tao's words, he considered the idea beneath his friend, and told him, “I took you for a sophisticated person of high character, someone who could live contentedly in poverty, but now what you're proposing to do would turn the ...
... heard what he'd done, she cried, “You've killed my brother!” They rushed out to look, but the flower's roots and stalk were all dried up. In tormented desperation, they clutched the flower by the stem, placed it in a pot and covered it ...
... heard this, his tears began to fall and he prostrated himself, refusing to get up, crying, “Are you forgetting about our little baby?” Yan shared his sorrow, and after a good long while, she said, “If you definitely want to keep me from ...
... heard about it. Master Shi, who was originally from Fujian, had been certified as a jinshi while he was still a young man. What he heard about the young woman made him want to see the beauty for himself and consequently he sent word for ...