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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. I

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. I

by Songling Pu

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Author
Pu, Songling, 1640-1715
Title
Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)
Credits
Produced by obstobst, Henry Flower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Language
English
LoC Class
PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject
Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English
Category
Text
eBook-No.
43627
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43627
Release Date
September 3, 2013
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO.
  2. 2.CONTENTS.
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION. — I. — Personal. — II. — Biographical. — AUTHOR’S OWN RECORD. — III. — Bibliographical. — T‘ANG MÊNG LAI’S PREFACE.
  4. 4.I. EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF GUARDIAN ANGEL. [36]
  5. 5.II. THE TALKING PUPILS.
  6. 6.III. THE PAINTED WALL.
  7. 7.IV. PLANTING A PEAR-TREE.
  8. 8.V. THE TAOIST PRIEST OF LAO-SHAN.
  9. 9.VI. THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF CH‘ANG-CH‘ING.
  10. 10.VII. THE MARRIAGE OF THE FOX’S DAUGHTER.
  11. 11.VIII. MISS CHIAO-NO.
  12. 12.IX. MAGICAL ARTS.
  13. 13.X. JOINING THE IMMORTALS.
  14. 14.XI. THE FIGHTING QUAILS.
  15. 15.XII. THE PAINTED SKIN.
  16. 16.XIII. THE TRADER’S SON.
  17. 17.XIV. JUDGE LU.
  18. 18.XV. MISS YING-NING; OR, THE LAUGHING GIRL.
  19. 19.XVI. THE MAGIC SWORD.
  20. 20.XVII. THE SHUI-MANG PLANT.
  21. 21.XVIII. LITTLE CHU.
  22. 22.XIX. MISS QUARTA HU.
  23. 23.XX. MR. CHU, THE CONSIDERATE HUSBAND.
  24. 24.XXI. THE MAGNANIMOUS GIRL.
  25. 25.XXII. THE BOON-COMPANION.
  26. 26.XXIII. MISS LIEN-HSIANG.
  27. 27.XXIV. MISS A-PAO; OR, PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.
  28. 28.XXV. JEN HSIU.
  29. 29.XXVI. THE LOST BROTHER.
  30. 30.XXVII. THE THREE GENII.
  31. 31.XXVIII. THE SINGING FROGS.
  32. 32.XXIX. THE PERFORMING MICE.
  33. 33.XXX. THE TIGER OF CHAO-CH‘ÊNG.
  34. 34.XXXI. A DWARF.
  35. 35.XXXII. HSIANG-JU’S MISFORTUNES.
  36. 36.XXXIII. CHANG’S TRANSFORMATION.
  37. 37.XXXIV. A TAOIST PRIEST.
  38. 38.XXXV. THE FIGHT WITH THE FOXES.
  39. 39.XXXVI. THE KING.
  40. 40.XXXVII. ENGAGED TO A NUN.
  41. 41.XXXVIII. THE YOUNG LADY OF THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.
  42. 42.XXXIX. THE MAN WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A CROW.
  43. 43.XL. THE FLOWER NYMPHS.
  44. 44.XLI. TA-NAN IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER.
  45. 45.XLII. THE WONDERFUL STONE.
  46. 46.XLIII. THE QUARRELSOME BROTHERS.
  47. 47.XLIV. THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO COULDN’T SPELL. [257]
  48. 48.XLV. THE TIGER GUEST.
  49. 49.XLVI. THE SISTERS.
  50. 50.XLVII. FOREIGN [272] PRIESTS.
  51. 51.XLVIII. THE SELF-PUNISHED MURDERER.
  52. 52.XLIX. THE MASTER THIEF.
  53. 53.L. A FLOOD.
  54. 54.LI. DEATH BY LAUGHING.
  55. 55.LII. PLAYING AT HANGING.
  56. 56.LIII. THE RAT WIFE.
  57. 57.LIV. THE MAN WHO WAS THROWN DOWN A WELL.
  58. 58.LV. THE VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.
  59. 59.LVI. DR. TSÊNG’S DREAM.
  60. 60.LVII. THE COUNTRY OF THE CANNIBALS. [324]
  61. 61.LVIII. FOOT-BALL ON THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.
  62. 62.LIX. THE THUNDER GOD.
  63. 63.LX. THE GAMBLER’S TALISMAN.
  64. 64.LXI. THE HUSBAND PUNISHED.
  65. 65.LXII. THE MARRIAGE LOTTERY.
  66. 66.FOOTNOTES
  67. 67.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

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