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Pu Songling

 
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Synopsis

This is the representative work of Pu Songling, a written at the early of the Qing Dynasty. It has a broad range of topics and rich content, including biography of Taoist priests, strange encounters of intellectuals, and relationship between ghost and human being. Through these seemly absurd stories, Pu gave a harsh criticism of the corrupted society, reveled social conflicts and expressed normal peoples wishes. It inherited the essence of anecdotes of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and folk biographies in the Tang and Song Dynasties, criticizing the current affairs in the incredible stories and expressing profound thoughts the ghosts. It is the best among Chinas mystery stories.

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