Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)
by Songling Pu
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Publishing Publishing House Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is a collection of classical Chinese short stories written by Pu Songling. a novelist in the Qing Dynasty. The content is mostly about gods. ghosts an
Chapters (428)
- STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION.
- I.—Personal.
- II.—Biographical.
- AUTHOR’S OWN RECORD.
- III.—Bibliographical.
- T‘ANG MÊNG LAI’S PREFACE.
- I. EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF GUARDIAN ANGEL.[36]
- II. THE TALKING PUPILS.
- III. THE PAINTED WALL.
- IV. PLANTING A PEAR-TREE.
- V. THE TAOIST PRIEST OF LAO-SHAN.
- VI. THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF CH‘ANG-CH‘ING.
- VII. THE MARRIAGE OF THE FOX’S DAUGHTER.
- VIII. MISS CHIAO-NO.
- IX. MAGICAL ARTS.
- X. JOINING THE IMMORTALS.
- XI. THE FIGHTING QUAILS.
- XII. THE PAINTED SKIN.
- XIII. THE TRADER’S SON.
- XIV. JUDGE LU.
- XV. MISS YING-NING; OR, THE LAUGHING GIRL.
- XVI. THE MAGIC SWORD.
- XVII. THE SHUI-MANG PLANT.
- XVIII. LITTLE CHU.
- XIX. MISS QUARTA HU.
- XX. MR. CHU, THE CONSIDERATE HUSBAND.
- XXI. THE MAGNANIMOUS GIRL.
- XXII. THE BOON-COMPANION.
- XXIII. MISS LIEN-HSIANG.
- XXIV. MISS A-PAO; OR, PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.
- XXV. JEN HSIU.
- XXVI. THE LOST BROTHER.
- XXVII. THE THREE GENII.
- XXVIII. THE SINGING FROGS.
- XXIX. THE PERFORMING MICE.
- XXX. THE TIGER OF CHAO-CH‘ÊNG.
- XXXI. A DWARF.
- XXXII. HSIANG-JU’S MISFORTUNES.
- XXXIII. CHANG’S TRANSFORMATION.
- XXXIV. A TAOIST PRIEST.
- XXXV. THE FIGHT WITH THE FOXES.
- XXXVI. THE KING.
- XXXVII. ENGAGED TO A NUN.
- XXXVIII. THE YOUNG LADY OF THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.
- XXXIX. THE MAN WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A CROW.
- XL. THE FLOWER NYMPHS.
- XLI. TA-NAN IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER.
- XLII. THE WONDERFUL STONE.
- XLIII. THE QUARRELSOME BROTHERS.
- XLIV. THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO COULDN’T SPELL.[257]
- XLV. THE TIGER GUEST.
- XLVI. THE SISTERS.
- XLVII. FOREIGN[272] PRIESTS.
- XLVIII. THE SELF-PUNISHED MURDERER.
- XLIX. THE MASTER THIEF.
- L. A FLOOD.
- LI. DEATH BY LAUGHING.
- LII. PLAYING AT HANGING.
- LIII. THE RAT WIFE.
- LIV. THE MAN WHO WAS THROWN DOWN A WELL.
- LV. THE VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
- LVI. DR. TSÊNG’S DREAM.
- LVII. THE COUNTRY OF THE CANNIBALS.[324]
- LVIII. FOOT-BALL ON THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.
- LIX. THE THUNDER GOD.
- LX. THE GAMBLER’S TALISMAN.
- LXI. THE HUSBAND PUNISHED.
- LXII. THE MARRIAGE LOTTERY.
- FOOTNOTES
- TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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