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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... Village, Zichuan county, for thirty years), he failed the imperial civil service examination he took in 1687 on the grounds of inappropriate content, and didn't finish the examination he took in 1690 (at the ages of 47 and 50 ...
... village troublemaker. The daughter-in-law tries to dissuade the man from staying all night with the mother-in-law, so in retribution her angry mother-inlaw files a complaint against her, claiming that she's the adulterous woman. A canny ...
... village that wasn't very far from that town, so the young woman followed after him. When they entered his home, however, none of Feng's family members could see her, and he began to realize that she wasn't human. He continued his ...
... so Huangying acquired twenty qing of fertile farmland outside the village, and Qing: An area equal to 100 mu, or 6.667 hectares. had an even more magnificent mansion built there. A traveler Strange Tales from Liaozhai 2063.
... village, directing them to build a home for his son-in-law, Xue Kunsheng. The following morning, workers from that village joined together to perform the construction for Kunsheng, though he tried repeatedly to stop them from doing so ...