Ebook {Epub PDF} Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling

 · —Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, known to the Chinese as the Liao-Chai-Chih-I, or more familiarly, the Liao-Chai, has hardly been mentioned by a single foreigner without some inaccuracy on the part of the writer concerned. About Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Exquisite and amusing miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the stories in this selection from The Strange Tales of Pu Songling () reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his Pages:  · Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The Strange Tales of Pu Songling () are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction.4/5(7).

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Pu Songling collected various weird and strange tales. In essence, these are Chinese fairy tales. You'll come across weird things like a demon that wears the skin of a beautiful woman in order to lure men to their death. Most of the tales center around fox-spirits or ghosts. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Pu Songling, Songling Pu. Penguin, - Fiction - pages. 7 Reviews. Exquisite and amusing miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese. —Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, known to the Chinese as the Liao-Chai-Chih-I, or more familiarly, the Liao-Chai, has hardly been mentioned by a single foreigner without some inaccuracy on the part of the writer concerned.