Pu Songling
Birth date: June 05, 1640
Died: February 25, 1715
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According to the blurb Wailing Ghosts collects some of the most wonderful stories in Chinese literature. Unfortunately for me, I didn't like them. With some stories I was wondering if I was missing the clue, because the end was rather abrupt and not funny. At other times I was wondering if time migh...
... revealing great shining fangs more than three inches long. It was Halloween and in a short notice, I wanted to read ghost stories. This was in my hand quite some time ago and I thought I give this a try, skip the rest of the volumes to read Pu Songling's Wailing Ghosts. Turns out... this is m...
A really interesting collection Chinese folklore. At times dark, at times funny. Enjoyable if you remember you are reading folklore.
Very short Chinese tales from Pu Songling, from Zibo in the 17th century concerning ghosts, ghoulies and quite a lot of fox-spirits. If short, Chinese tales are your thing (or you think they may be) then these are definitely for you. Personally I found them to be repetitive, badly written and akin t...
AcknowledgementsIntroductionNote on the Text, Translation and IllustrationsNote on Names and Pronunciation--Homunculus--An Otherworldly Examination--Living Dead--Spitting Water--Talking Pupils--The Painted Wall--The Troll--Biting a Ghost--Catching a Fox--The Monster in the Buckwheat--The Haunted Hou...
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