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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Pu Songling. is forced out by of the home by cruel wife Shen when her husband, Xi, is away.3 Zhaorong refuses to remarry (and even slashes her abdomen deeply to enforce her intention), but finally agrees to serve a man who needs a woman ...
... wife.” Pu is far from an untrammeled optimist, however, when it comes to the subject of women as helpmates and problem solvers, reflecting the sterner voice of the feminist-Confucianist literature where undutiful or unfilial wives ...
... wife learns to bend with the wind, to trade compliance for high regard. Thus the Analects for Women in Book Seven (“On Serving the Husband”) judiciously advises wives not to show resentment towards a husband's annoyance with her, but to ...
... wife a harmonious home and saved her marriage: the man who thinks himself master of the home may be completely ... wife became the voice of authority in the household (tempered by other male relatives). The epitaph of a Song dynasty wife ...
... wife fell ill and died. Ma started thinking about marrying Huangying, so he soon sent someone to determine her disposition towards the possibility. Huangying replied with a little smile, which seemed to indicate that she'd agree to the ...