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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... husband's concubine by stabbing needles into her intestines when she gave birth, by having the wife nailed to a door; in “General She” (she jiangjun), the formerly loyal officer who launched a secret attack against the emperor is ...
... husband broke in to the Chen family's house, stole some of their wine, and drank himself to death, so I came to his rescue, to bring him home. We happened to be passing your house and he took pity on you, due to your shared love of wine ...
... husband from those who proposed to marry her; but eleventh sister Fan always disapproved of the men who were her suitors. Several months after the Lantern Festival, the Buddhist nuns at the Shuiyue Temple were celebrating the “Feast of ...
... husband standing beside her!” Shortly thereafter they put their wine cups next to each other and sat quite close, dining and laughing with great pleasure. Suddenly a young girl perhaps eleven or twelve years old, cradling a cat in her ...
... husband will laugh at you.” The girl kept snickering as she stroked her cat, which responded by meowing loudly. “You still haven't disposed of that walking infestation of fleas and lice!” exclaimed the elder sister. Second sister said ...