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Pu Songling (1640-1715) was a Qing dynasty writer and collector of strange tales. He is best known for his work Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, which contains many stories of ghosts, spirits, and the supernatural.
Pu Songling (1640-1715) was a Chinese author who wrote Liaozhai zhiyi, a collection of 431 supernatural and fantastic tales. He also wrote a realistic novel about a unhappy marriage, Xingshi yinyuanzhuan, and influenced many imitators and adaptations.
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Pu Songling (1640-1715) was a Qing dynasty writer of zhiguai and chuanqi stories, also known as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Learn about his life, works, themes, literary significance and adaptations.
Nov 14, 2017 · First English translation of Pu Songling's collection of classical Chinese stories, including magical pear trees, thimble-sized babies, ghostly cities, and mean spirited daughters-in-law being turned into pigs.
Pu Songling 蒲松齡 (1640-1715), the author of the “Strange Tales from Liaozhai,” was a native of Zichuan County, in the Shandong Province. “Liaozhai” is the name given by the author to his private study room, where he composed his work.
Dec 19, 2019 · Pu Songling's (1640–1715) Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi) is arguably the most read, studied, translated, staged, and filmed ghost story collection in world literature.
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Apr 4, 2009 · "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Tales of Liaozhai") is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling during the early Qing Dynasty. It was written in Classical Chinese rather than Vernacular Chinese.