Strange Tales From A Chinese Studio by Pu Songling
A rich collection of imaginative short tales drawn from Chinese folklore, in which ghosts, fox spirits, and shape‑shifters mingle with ordinary people to explore love, desire, revenge, and the complexities of human nature; the vignettes blend lyricism, dark humor, and moral ambiguity to satirize social conventions, bureaucracy, and scholarly pretensions while evoking uncanny wonder and moral reflection.
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- Published
- 1740
- Nationality
- Chinese
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 608
- Original Language
- Classical chinese
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- Alternate Titles
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- Liaozhai
- Liaozhai Zhiyi
- Strange Stories from Liaozhai
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
- 聊齋志異
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