Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Strange Stories Under the Melon Patch

Author: Zhou Xuewu
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: The books selected here are ones you will inevitably read at least once in your lifetime, whether you are ten, thirty, or seventy years old! A minimalist reading list of Chinese culture. From the vast collection of ancient classics, sixty masterpieces have been chosen. For the first time, it presents a comprehensive and lively portrayal of the style and essence of Chinese five thousand years of culture in an easy-to-read format. A renowned Taiwanese authority on traditional Chinese studies reviews classical works with a 21st-century perspective, traversing time and space, and guides you into the "unfenced museum of Chinese culture."
The author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Mr. Bo Shouling (1640–1715), was not only a great litterateur but also a scholar concerned with society. In addition to novels, folk songs, quyi, and some poems, his works include The Farming and Sericulture Manual, Self-Examination Records, Records of Reflecting on Laws, Historical Characters in Characters, and Everyday Popular Characters. What truly brought him fame in the academic world were his two novels—Awakening the World and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of four hundred and thirty-one short stories, fables, tales, and strange anecdotes.