Supernatural Horror Stories - A Collection of Ghost Stories and Strange Tales from Ancient China

Author: Xiao Zhi Guai
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Ancient masterpieces passed down through generations, a timeless book of gods, ghosts, and monsters. Top of the line · Selected essence · Horror and supernatural · Classic collection! When Mr. Lu Xun edited Ancient Novels Digged Up and Tang and Song Legends Collection, he made full use of the Taiping Guangji. In his essay "Breaking," he pointed out: "I believe the strengths of Taiping Guangji are two: first, it includes almost all the novels from the Six Dynasties to the early Song Dynasty, so if you do a general study, you don’t need to buy many other books. Second, it clearly categorizes and gathers spirits, ghosts, monks, and Taoists, so much so that you can see them to the point of (boredom) and (boredom), and for those who now discuss fox spirits and ghosts, there is no more courage to read it." Mr. Qian Zhongshu commented on the author of Zi Bu Yu (Yuan Mei): "Under great fame, he has exhausted all the charming affairs, and it is natural for the scholars of the time to envy him, turning envy into hatred." Mr. Lu Xun once said: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is "using the method of legends but recording strange tales." Lord Lao advised people not to fear ghosts but to blow at them with breath, using the invisible to oppose the invisible. Ghosts fear breath, more than knives and clubs. Mr. Zhang Qishi said: "Don’t fear seeing ghosts, but if you must fight them, winning is good, but if you lose, I am no different from them." — Zi Bu Yu The magistrate felt pity and said: "The loyalty of dogs in repaying kindness surpasses that of humans. If humans do not know gratitude, how can they be compared to dogs?" — Strange Tales of the Marvellous Ruan Deshi once saw a ghost in a toilet. The ghost was calm and composed, smiling gently and saying: "People say ghosts are disgusting, and indeed they are." The ghost blushed and withdrew. — Records of Ghostly Retributions How strange this event is, unheard of in ancient times. This is called emotions arising but not stopping at propriety. — Notes from the Studio of Watching Microcosm This book commemorates some ghost stories from seven works such as Strange Tales of the Marvellous, Taiping Guangji, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. In its creation, it focuses on myths and legends with traditional Chinese characteristics, such as reincarnation, cause and effect, fairy maidens, dragons, fox spirits, judges, and human-ghost unions, promoting the idea of punishing evil and rewarding good, and enthusiastically praising noble and pure love...