Strange Selections from Liaozhaizhi

About This Novel

"Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" is a famous collection of short stories in classical Chinese written by Pu Songling in the early Qing Dynasty. It contains nearly 500 stories about foxes and ghosts and strange stories. It mainly includes four categories of content. The first is to criticize the shortcomings of the imperial examination, the second is to describe the love between men and women, the third is to criticize the corruption of officials and the darkness of society, and the fourth is to praise the wisdom and virtues of the people. With concise and vivid writing style, it expresses the understanding and expectation of world affairs and people's conditions. "Strange Selection of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" extracts 46 works that have outstanding ideological value and artistic achievements and take into account readability, supplemented by precise annotations, to provide readers with a basic selection of "Liao Zhai". The text is based on the manuscript version. If there is a missing manuscript version, the Kangxi version is used as the original version. If there is neither a manuscript version nor a Kangxi version, the Qingketing version is used as the original version. If there are none of the three, the "Yishi" version is used as the original version. The twenty-four volumes of manuscripts and the Zhuxuezhai manuscript are used for proofreading. The text is accurate. There are three special features of its annotation. First, he is good at giving precise and in-depth explanations, especially the introduction of the famous things system, the background of the imperial examination system, and the official experiences of Qing people. The second is to phoneticize difficult words. The third is the explanation of the first note of each article, which explains the main purpose of this article and reveals much about Pu Songling's creative intention, which is of great significance to readers. The book is paperbacked in 16 pages, with subtitles on each page. The layout is clear and clear, and the content is rich. 27 Color illustrations are carefully selected and manually inserted into specific stories to show the plot.

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