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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... stop and swap stories for tea, continues to be venerated even today. Charles E. Hammond has argued that the variant versions of the stories in Strange Tales from Liaozhai that appear in subsequent collections by other authors are not ...
... stops at a temple as he's preparing to cross Poyang Lake and shows respect for a local deity. As a consequence, he receives some unanticipated assistance during a storm on the lake that threatens the lives of his family. Lest people ...
... stop her. Though the magistrate shouted at her to stop, she wasn't at all afraid of him. He took pity on her because she was elderly, and since he couldn't bear to exert his power and authority against her, he promised that he would ...
... stop him, called in through a window for the woman to leave, and then Wang went inside with him. Zhao provided both wine and food as they exchanged warm regards for each other. Wang asked him, “What kind of place is this?” “It's a small ...
... stop thinking about you. But she pledged to be true to you till she died, and hence her mother locked her up. She gave birth to a boy, who was abandoned in a back alley; I heard that an orphanage took the child in, so I suppose that ...