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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... suddenly noticed that the window shade was halfway open so the moonlight was shining in as bright as daytime. In the distance, standing on a short wall, there was a red chicken; as he fixed his eyes on it, the chicken flew down to the ...
... suddenly a mighty gust of wind blew away his book. He quickly chased after it, and as he was walking, his foot sank into a soft spot in the ground there; when he bent to find out what it was, he discovered moldy straw in a hole. After ...
... suddenly bent forward and stood up, then took a seat on the stack of books, smiling at him. Lang was quite startled, and began kowtowing next to Weaving Girl: Daughter of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West, she secretly ...
... Suddenly he remembered her former hiding place, so he picked up the History of the Han Dynasty, then carefully leafed through it to the place where he'd first Yan . . . Ruyu: The History of the Han Dynasty passage had asserted that a ...
... sudden, he hurriedly shut the book, but by then she'd already vanished. Fretting frantically, he began searching through ... suddenly was able to win two games with Yan. Happy then, Yan started teaching him to play stringed instruments ...