Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio: Legends of Ghosts, Foxes, Immortals, and Demons - Tsai Chih Chung Comic in English and Chinese

Author: Cai Zhizhong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The famous classic Chinese literature "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" by the Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling is a household name and universally known treasure of literary heritage. "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is a book that embodies Pu Songling's "life's efforts." From a young age, he was self-assured of his integrity and talent, but his fate was unfortunate, failing the imperial examinations and being inwardly frustrated. Consequently, he turned to writing. Therefore, "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" is a work through which Pu Songling expressed his inner frustrations anded his life's ideals. "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" achieved remarkable artistic accomplishments, and the root of its artistic charm lies in its combination of two styles, which Lu Xun called "using the method of romance to record the strange." The stories in the book are fantastical and intricate in conception, whimsical and exquisite in narrative, written in classical and refined prose, with a tone that is austere, archaic, and noble.