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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... Sun Wukong. All the visitors there reverently paid their respects, as no one dared to appear insincere. Xu Sheng ... Sun Wukong: The name given to the trickster protagonist of the classic Journey to the West (xiyouji) by Subhūti, one of ...
... Sun Wukong is just a legend made up by Old Man Qiu,” replied Sheng, “why treat him with so much respect like this? If this sage was really some kind of god, he'd respond to me with spears or thunderbolts, and then I'd suffer!” When ...
... Sun Wukong.” When his brother heard these words, he became very angry with Sheng, declaring that the god would vent his anger on him rather than on his younger brother and demanding that Sheng go in his place and pray for him. Sheng ...
... Sun Wukong picked up a wood block, ordered a brush to be brought, and with no idea of what he was writing on it, had the servant take it afterward and leave. A long while later, the servant returned with Sheng's brother. He'd ...
... Sun Wukong, the handsome monkey king, in Journey to the West. the stones had all melted. Once the merchant brothers finished 2084 Strange Tales from Liaozhai.