Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Exquisite Chinese stories of the supernatural\ Eminent Chinese scholar John Minford's superb translation captures the consummate skill and understated humor of Pu Songling's classic Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. With elegant prose, witty wordplay, and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this collection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. In his tales of shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings, and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes the boundaries of...
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Exquisite Chinese stories of the supernatural Eminent Chinese scholar John Minford's superb translation captures the consummate skill and understated humor of Pu Songling's classic Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. With elegant prose, witty wordplay, and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this collection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. In his tales of shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings, and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains.• Includes an introduction, suggestions for further reading, glossary, notes, and illustrations
1Homunculus32An otherworldly examination63Living dead104Spitting water155Talking pupils186The painted wall237The troll288Biting a ghost319Catching a fox3410The monster in the buckwheat3711The haunted house4012Stealing a peach4313Growing pears4714The Taoist priest of Mount Lao5015The monk of Changqing5516The snake-charmer5917The wounded python6418The fornicating dog6619The god of hail6720The golden goblet7021Grace and pine7622A most exemplary monk8723Magical arts9024Wild dog9525Past lives9826Fox in the bottle10227Wailing ghosts10428Thumb and thimble10729Scorched moth the Taoist10930Friendship beyond the grave11231Karmic debts11832Ritual cleansing12133The door god and the thief12434The painted skin12635The merchant's son13336A passion for snakes14137A latter-day Buddha14238Fox enchantment14339Eating stones15040The laughing girl15241The magic sword and the magic bag16842The devoted mouse18043An earthquake18244Snake island18545Generosity18946The giant fish19347The giant turtle19448Making animals19749The little Mandarin20050Dying together20251The alligator's revenge20552Sheep skin20653Sharp sword20954Lotus fragrance21155King of the nine mountains22956The fox of Fenzhou23557Silkworm23858Vocal virtuosity25059Fox as prophet25460This transformation25861Fox control26162Dragon dormant26463Cut sleeve26664The girl from Nanking27765Twenty years a dream28066Mynah bird29067Lamp dog29368Doctor five hides29669Butterfly29870The black beast30471The stone bowl30672A fatal joke31173Raining money31374Twin lanterns31675Ghost foiled, fox put to rout32076Frog chorus32477Performing mice32678The clay scholar32879Flowers of illusion33180Dwarf33681Bird33882Princess lotus34883The girl in green35684Duck justice36085Big sneeze36286Steel shirt36487Fox trouble36688Lust punished by foxes37089Mountain city37390A cure for marital strife37691A prank38192Adultery and enlightenment38393Up his sleeve38794Silver above beauty39795The antique lute39996Waiting room for death40597Rouge40898The Southern Wutong-spirit42199Sunset427100The male concubine434101Coral436102Mutton fat and pig blood446103Dung-beetle dumplings449104Stir-fry452
