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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... arrived at a public office, decorated with white and blue-green tiles, and ... home to spend the night, sheepishly ducking his head as he stood underneath ... return home to my village?” “You drunken fool!” declared the man in the black ...
... returned home yet.” Then Jia asked, “For what crime is my nephew supposed to be sentenced?” “I don't know,” the man replied. “But the Hell King is quite angry with people like him.” Miao kept to the side and heard the two men's words ...
... arrived early. Jia invited him in, where they spoke for a little while, then Jia came to Miao and told him, “We've come to ... return home, then you can leisurely collect the money to pay me back.” Overjoyed, Miao asked, “How much is it ...
... arrived. Horrified, he saw what had happened, came and helped him out so he could go home, saying, “You just can't ... return. I've brought you that paper, and I've paid him a thousand strings of cash and let him go on his way. The rest ...
... home. By that time, Miao had already been lying stiff for several days, his family members saying that he'd drunk ... returned to what it previously had been. One day, he was drinking at a younger relative's Dou: A measure of volume equal to ...