Historian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale
By (author): "Judith T. Zeitlin"
Publish Date:
February 1st 1993
ISBN0804729689
ISBN139780804729680
AsinHistorian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale
Original titleHistorian of the Strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale
This is the first book in English on the seventeenth-century Chinese masterpiece Liaozhai's Records of the Strange (Liaozhai zhiyi) by Pu Songling, a collection of nearly five hundred fantastic tales and anecdotes written in Classical Chinese.