Drunk Tea and Strange Things

"Drunk Tea Zhiguai" is a book written by Li Qingchen, a literati in the late Qing Dynasty, cooked in the mist of tea smoke. The four volumes of the book contain more than 200 stories about monsters and ghosts. Foxes and ghosts wander around the imperial examination hall and the streets, interpreting stories of tragedy and joy under the night rain and green lights. The scholar's pen is dipped in strong tea to write about the world: the flower demon weeps and reveals that it is a beauty with a bad life, and the ghost wandering on the wall hides the unfulfilled ambition. The author pierces the curtain of ethics with cold and sharp brushwork, and pours the earth into the human world with the help of strange wine cups. Under the appearance of demons and demons, the desolate gaze of the intellectuals of the late Qing Dynasty on the world and people's hearts lurks. This collection of novels is comparable to "Liao Zhai". It is not only a carnival feast of strange powers and chaotic gods, but also a spiritual prism that reflects the end of feudal society.