Strange Tales from Liaozhai - Vol. 6The 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 sixth of 6 volumes. |
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... magistrate ferrets out the truth, with the mother-in-law and her lover appropriately punished. The behavior of unfaithful or shrewish spouses, petulant and self-serving, is the antithesis of the principles and responses modeled in the ...
... magistrate. Yet it's tough for a poor person who wants to become wealthy; but if a rich person wants to become poor, it's certainly no problem at all. You can throw away the money stashed under your beds if you want—I have no objections ...
... magistrate angry, so he had Lang brought before him, stripped of his clothing, then placed in shackles and beaten to force Yan out from her hiding place. Even when Lang was close to death, he refused to say a word to Shi. The magistrate ...
... Magistrate Shi's abuse of authority, and hence his property was confiscated. At that time, Lang's first cousin, a public administrator, forceably stole a concubine away from a particular household, then rationalized that he'd purchased ...
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