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

Author: Chen Xiwu
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: Mr. Bo Shouling (1640–1715), the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, was a great litterateur as well as a scholar who cared about society. His works include novels, folk songs, quyi, and some poems and essays, in addition to The Agriculture 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—Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and A Dream of Red Mansions. Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio collects a total of 431 short stories, fables, tales, and strange anecdotes.