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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... who'd been putting his power on display, and they were just about to go his temple to pray for support. Xu Sheng didn't know what god this great sage was supposed to be, so he went with his elder brother to see. They came to a temple ...
... who'd caught a large fish that turned out to be a freshwater dolphin. When Changong looked closely at it, it proved to be really huge, the size of a person, complete with human breasts and genitals. This seemed very strange to him, so ...
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