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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... night, Lang was reading the eighth book of the History of the Han Dynasty, and just as he was about halfway through, he came across a gauze cut-out of a beautiful woman pressed between its pages. Surprised, he exclaimed, “Is this what ...
... night with a violent headache. When someone advised him to pay a visit to the great sage's temple and apologize for his words, Sheng wouldn't listen. In a little while, his head began to feel better, but then his leg started to ache ...
... night, he dreamt that a man beckoned for him to come along as they entered the great sage's temple, where an angry Sun Wukong rebuked Sheng, “Since you were so ill-mannered, I took my Buddhist sword and skewered your leg; yet you still ...
... night they were married, and they lived together in complete harmony. From this point forward, the frog god and frog goddess periodically dropped in to visit their household. If the deities happened to be wearing red clothing, happy ...
... night approached, Kunsheng and his mother both fell ill, feeling so dizzy and constricted that they couldn't eat anything. His father became frightened, so he went to the frog god's temple to apologize for Kunsheng's actions, claiming ...