Jigong Quan Chuan (Hardcover)

Author: Guo Xiaoting (Qing Dynasty), edited by Mu Ke
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Publishing Date: 2002-10-01
Features: Jigong is a legendary figure known to all, and his tales have been adapted into films many times. This book is one of the earliest sources of the Jigong legend. Together with A Journey to the West, The Story of the Miraculous Mirror, The Investiture of the Gods, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, it is one of the four most widely circulated books about gods, ghosts, and immortals in China. It gathers the divine spirits, ghosts, and demons of heaven and earth, and portrays the joys and sorrows of human life in one work. Originally, classical novels like this were only accessible to the wealthy, as they were the reading material of the "rich and powerful." Today, however, Jigong has stepped out of the halls of officials and the annals of history, soaring into the homes of ordinary families.