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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... married. I've been accumulating a bit of money that I hope I can trouble you to take to my sister. At the end of the year, I'll make a short visit.” Ma refused to listen, begging him even more insistently to return with him. “Your ...
... married into a very influential family. Huangying spent her remaining years there without anything of a unusual nature taking place. The collector of these strange tales remarks, “Like the man of green hills and white clouds, Tao also ...
... married, he cited the passage, “'In books, you'll find a jade-like beauty,' so why should I worry about finding an ... marry a cowherd, but the two were separated by a line drawn in the air with the disapproving Queen Mother's hairpin ...
... married into, they went as a group to find out from him. Lang couldn't bring himself to lie about it, so instead he just remained silent on the matter. This made people grow even more suspicious, and rumors circulated by post until ...
... marry itsdaughter. Xue's father, who was sincere and unaffected in personality, elegantly expressed his position that he couldn't approve of the marriage, citing Kunsheng's youth as his rationale. Even though his intention had been ...