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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... looked at her brother and remarked, “The cottage can be small, but the courtyard needs to be rather large.” Ma assured them that this was the case, and hence they both agreed to come home with him. South of the residence there was an ...
... looked closely at the date of the letter, it proved to be the very day that Ma's wife had died; at that moment, Ma recalled that their festivities among the gardens had taken place precisely forty-three months earlier. It seemed really ...
... looked carefully at the beauty, he found that she had lifelike features; on the back of the cut-out, “Weaving Girl” was written faintly, in very small characters. It was very strange. He put it on top of his stack of books every day, to ...
... looked up at aneffigy, they sawthatthe god had a monkey's head and a human body, made in the image of the “great sage, heaven's equal,” Sun Wukong. All the visitors there reverently paid their respects, as no one dared to appear ...
... looked different from each other—wouldn't fall down, with the result that the family suffered terrible misfortunes. People became so afraid that they made sacrifices in supplication until the god was sufficiently pleased and stopped the ...