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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... someone establishes contact with others while remaining hidden, how can that person's motives be known? It is precisely the measure of uncertainty and anonymity that such an approach affords an individual that is at work in what we ...
... someone about her same age; he listened quietly, but everyone else there was already fast asleep. His heart pounding selfishly, he secretly hoped she'd mistakenly come to the wrong place. In a little while, the young woman passed by his ...
... someone who could live contentedly in poverty, but now what you're proposing to do would turn the chrysanthemum garden into a marketplace, a disgrace to the yellow flowers there.” Tao smiled, and replied, “It's not greedy for someone to ...
... someone to determine her disposition towards the possibility. Huangying replied with a little smile, which seemed to indicate that she'd agree to the proposal, but not until Tao came back. A year passed, but Tao never returned home ...
... someone else's money,” replied Ma. Tao Yuanming . . . Pengze county: A scholar/poet (365-427) famous for his disdain of compromising personal values for the sake of success, Tao resigned his seals eighty days after having been named to ...