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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2) — Songling Pu

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

Songling Pu

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 669 pages

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is a two-volume collection of supernatural tales by Pu Songling, translated by Herbert A. Giles. The stories feature ghosts, fox spirits, scholars, and officials, offering a window into Chinese folklore and society. It is worth listening for its imaginative variety and quiet moral reflections.

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STRANGE STORIES

FROM A

CHINESE STUDIO.

STRANGE STORIES

FROM A

CHINESE STUDIO.

TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED

BY

HERBERT A. GILES,

Of H.M.’s Consular Service.

IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.
110, BUNHILL ROW.
1880.
PRINTED BY
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW,
LONDON.
TO MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN:
BERTRAM,
LIONEL,

VALENTINE,
LANCELOT.
CONTENTS.
IƿǵǡLjŠǼŕǵƗLjƿ.
Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii.
STORIES.
VLjƯ. I.
PAGE
VLjƯ. II.
PAGE
Adulteration Punished
—
332
Alchemist, The
—
313
Boat-girl Bride, The
—
149
Boatmen of Lao-lung, The
—
348
Boon Companion, The
165
—
Bribery and Corruption
—
170
Buddhist Priest of Ch‘ang-ch‘ing,
The
22
—
Buddhist Priests, Arrival of
—
231
Butterfly’s Revenge, The
—
289
Carrying a Corpse
—
181

Cattle Plague, The
—
253
Censor in Purgatory, The
—
238
Chang Pu-liang
—
177
Chang’s Transformation
237
—
Chou K‘o-ch‘ang and his Ghost
—
106
Clay Image, The
—
276
Cloth Merchant, The
—
127
Collecting Subscriptions
—
220
Considerate Husband, The
158
—
Country of the Cave Men, The
397
—
Courage Tested
—
116
Cruelty Avenged
—
267
Dead Priest, The
—
247
Death by Laughing
352
—
Disembodied Friend, The
—
119
Dishonesty Punished
—
279
Doctor, The
—
290
Donkey’s Revenge, The
—
64
Dr. Tsêng’s Dream
387
—
Dreaming Honours
—
327
Dutch Carpet, The
—
179
Dwarf, A
224
—
Earthquake, An
—
263
Elephants and the Lion, The
—
343
Engaged to a Nun
262
—
Examination for the Post of
Guardian Angel
1
—
Faithful Dog, The
—
261
Faithful Gander, The
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342
Faithless Widow, The
—
39
Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory
—
284
Fêng-shui
—
322
Fight with the Foxes, The
251
—
Fighting Cricket, The
—
17
Fighting Quails, The
66
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Contents

  1. STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO.
  2. STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO.

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