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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... ................. 875 184. Huaguzi ...................................................... 876 185. The Martial Graduate .................................. 886 186. The Princess of West Lake ............................ 892 187. The.
... .. 922 194. Wu Qiuyue .................................................. 924 195. Princess Lotus ............................................. 933 196. The Girl in Green ......................................... 942 197. The Li ...
... Princess” (jiangfei), where he becomes the hybrid protagonist that so many of his stories champion: the scholar as hero. Pu reports that in a dream he had sometime in 1683-84, the title's princess, who identifies herself as “the goddess ...
... Princess of West Lake” (xi hu zhu), is “moved to take pity” on an alligator that has been shot with an arrow and captured, so he applies some medicine to the wound and then releases the creature. In the course of the story, he receives ...
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