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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... 2301 462. The Boatmen of Laolong ............................ 2305 463. The Qingcheng Wife .................................. 2309 464. The Owl ..................................................... 2312 465. The Ancient Vases .
... wife (who also read the poem) and Zhou's servants (to whom he handed the manuscript), though innocent parties, also die. Pu exploits this twist rhetorically in the cautionary message to scholars within his concluding comments ...
... that the actions of his corrupt characters are egregiously immoral and inappropriate, rather than merely “dangerous.” II. Discreet Managers and Problem Solvers: Pu's Wife (and Husband) Strange Tales from Liaozhai xxi.
Pu Songling. II. Discreet Managers and Problem Solvers: Pu's Wife (and Husband) Lessons An intriguing measure of the scholarly knowledge embedded in ... wife of the Ming dynasty emperor Chengzu, empress Xu (1362-1407), in 1404 wrote the xxii.
... wife carried the burden of monitoring and facilitating household operations while also performing a significant portion of manual labor.1 Pu's tales concede that this is an onerous responsibility—and sometimes too much for the woman ...