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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... wanted to sever all contact with him; but then he became angry that Tao had kept all the most beautiful specimens for himself, so he marched to the entrance to the courtyard, intending to denounce his behavior. As he did so, Tao emerged ...
... wanted him to move into the mansion on the south side, as if he was marrying into her family. Ma couldn't bring himself to agree, but he proceeded to select a date for the ceremonial welcoming of the bride into his family. After ...
... wanted Tao to return to Shuntian with him. “Jinling has become my home base,” Tao told him, “and hence I'm about to get married. I've been accumulating a bit of money that I hope I can trouble you to take to my sister. At the end of the ...
... wanted to light it on fire. When some of the locals began gathering and pleaded with him not to do it, he became even more incensed about it and finally just went home. His parents turned pale in fear when they heard about this. That ...
... wanted to find and retrieve his father's coffin. His mother worried that he was too young for such a task, but Xiu began weeping piteously, so they mortgaged some of the family's belongings to raise some money for the journey and for an ...