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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... of his vulnerability to powers from the spirit realm—and the news that his shipment of six hundred thousand taels “has already been received into the accounts of the imperial treasury.” The Strange Tales from Liaozhai xv.
... equal a measure of approximately four thousand decaliters. Chi: A measure equal to 1/3 meter. Supervisory commissioner: See Hucker (283). return he gave him three hundred gold taels and a Strange Tales from Liaozhai 2071.
Pu Songling. return he gave him three hundred gold taels and a pair of horses. Jubilant, Lang believed that the golden room, the carriage, and the horses were all references drawn from his study of the Encouragement of Learning, so he ...
... taels.” Zhou reacted with sheepish embarrassment. “Yet you've paid two hundred for a woman to drink with you,” the mage angrily chided, “so let's see what you'll offer for something truly worthwhile!” It turned out that Zhou had been ...
Pu Songling. then begged it to accept fifty taels, prompting it suddenly to withdraw a bit, and it shrank by about a chi; he proposed giving an additional twenty taels, prompting the frog to continue getting smaller until it was about ...