Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 3The 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 third of 6 volumes. |
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... feel free to e-mail me at sson@stlawu.edu, and I will gladly send electronic copies to you. I am pleased once again to present the work of illustrators who have responded to Pu Songling's stories with their own beautifully strange ...
... feel no need to hide them” (1:2-3). This confession of being “out of control” isn't so much a disclaimer as a ... feeling (qing), whose influence permeates the Liaozhai” (47). Thus while Pu sympathizes with the ire of the title hero of ...
... feel inferior to—individuals who are “less hardworking and moral” than the storyteller (99, 134). Pu Songling's strange tales operate on similarly metaphorical and literal levels. Whether employing allegory, fable, or parable as the ...
... feel ashamed by the selfless examples of the wild creatures.” The alligator's “emerging in the spring like a rain-bringing dragon from its muddy lair in the Yangtze and lake region was familiar to the Chinese of antiquity” (Schafer 217) ...
... feel rather uneasy, so he got up from his seat to take his leave. Zhao firmly prevented him from doing so and ... feeling crazy about her, completely distracted in his responses to his relative. Zhao playfully told him, “If you wish me ...