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Lifetime: 1640 - 1715 Passed: ≈ 309 years ago

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Songling Pu

Books by Songling Pu

Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (selections from Volume 1) Cover image

Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio (selections from Volume 1)

Satire Fantasy Horror Fiction
Mythology Satire Supernatural Human Nature social commentary Fantasy Folklore Moral Ambiguity Ghost stories Spirits Chinese Literature Classical Chinese Qing Dynasty Oral storytelling

"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 Ch...

Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1 Cover image

Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio, volume 1

"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 C...

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Volume 2 Cover image

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Volume 2

"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 Chi...