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"A Strange Matter Concerning Pigeons" (Chinese: 鸽异; pinyin: Gē yì), also translated variously as "A Strange Tale of Pigeons" [1] or "A Strangeness of Pigeons", [2] is a short story by Pu Songling first published in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740).
"Scholar Gu" (Chinese: 顧生; pinyin: Gù shēng) is a short story by Pu Songling first published in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. It follows the titular scholar whose eye infection apparently allows him to another world. The story was first translated into English by Herbert Giles in 1880.
Liaozhai zhiyi, sometimes shortened to Liaozhai, known in English as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio, or literally Strange Tales from a Studio of Leisure, is a collection of Classical Chinese stories by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, comprising close to 500 stories or "marvel tales" [1] in the zhiguai and chuanqi ...
Originally titled "Sansheng" (三生), [3] [note 2] "Three Lives" is believed to be one of the earlier entries that Pu wrote for his anthology that was published in around 1740; [4] it was fully translated into English by the first volume of Sidney L. Sondergard's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio published in 2008. [1]
"The Painted Skin" (Chinese: 畫皮; pinyin: Huàpí) is a short story by the Chinese writer Pu Songling collected in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio in 1740. Literary critics have recognised it as one of the best and best-known entries in Strange Tales; in particular, its textual detail and in-depth characterisation are lauded. "The ...
Originally titled "Sheren" (蛇人), "The Snake Man" is believed to be one of the earlier entries that Pu wrote for his anthology that was published in around 1740; [4] it was fully translated into English by the first volume of Sidney L. Sondergard's Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio published in 2008. [1]
Nie Xiaoqian is a fantasy story in Pu Songling's short story collection Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, and the name of its female lead character. [1] Pu describes her appearance as "gorgeous; girl in paintings" (traditional Chinese: 艷絕；畫中人; simplified Chinese: 艳绝；画中人). The story has been adapted into numerous ...
"Hu Dagu" (Chinese: 胡大姑; pinyin: Hú Dàgū) is a short story by Pu Songling first published in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (first published 1740). The story follows a Shandong family that is terrorised by the title character—a malevolent fox spirit—who wishes to betroth the patriarch's son