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Title: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Songling Pu

Translator: Herbert Allen Giles

Release date: September 3, 2013 [eBook #43629]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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STRANGE STORIES
FROM A
CHINESE STUDIO.

STRANGE STORIES
FROM A
CHINESE STUDIO.

TRANSLATED AND ANNOTATED
BY
HERBERT A. GILES,
Of H.M.’s Consular Service.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
THOS. DE LA RUE & CO.
110, BUNHILL ROW.

1880.

PRINTED BY
THOMAS DE LA RUE AND CO., BUNHILL ROW,
LONDON.

TO MY WIFE AND OUR CHILDREN:
BERTRAM,
LIONEL,
VALENTINE,
LANCELOT.

CONTENTS.

Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii.

STORIES.

Vol. I.
PAGE

Vol. II.
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Adulteration Punished

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Boat-girl Bride, The

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Boatmen of Lao-lung, The

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Boon Companion, The

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Bribery and Corruption

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Buddhist Priest of Ch‘ang-ch‘ing, The

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Buddhist Priests, Arrival of

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Butterfly’s Revenge, The

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Carrying a Corpse

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Cattle Plague, The

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Censor in Purgatory, The

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Chang’s Transformation

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Chou K‘o-ch‘ang and his Ghost

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Clay Image, The

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Cloth Merchant, The

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Collecting Subscriptions

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Considerate Husband, The

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Country of the Cave Men, The

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Cruelty Avenged

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Dead Priest, The

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Death by Laughing

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Disembodied Friend, The

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Dishonesty Punished

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Donkey’s Revenge, The

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Dr. Tsêng’s Dream

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Dreaming Honours

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Dutch Carpet, The

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Elephants and the Lion, The

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Engaged to a Nun

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Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel

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Faithful Dog, The

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Faithful Gander, The

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Faithless Widow, The

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Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory

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Fight with the Foxes, The

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Fighting Cricket, The

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Fighting Quails, The

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Fisherman and his Friend, The

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Flower-nymphs, The

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Flying Cow, The

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Foot-ball on the Tung-t‘ing Lake

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Foreign Priests

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Fortune-hunter Punished, The

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Forty Strings of Cash, The

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Friendship with Foxes

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Gambler’s Talisman, The

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Grateful Dog, The

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Great Test, The

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Hidden Treasure, The

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His Father’s Ghost

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Hsiang-ju’s Misfortunes

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Husband Punished, The

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Incorrupt Official, The

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Infernal Regions, In the

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Ingratitude Punished

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Injustice of Heaven, The

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Invisible Priest, The

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Jen Hsiu, The Gambler

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Joining the Immortals

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Jonah, A Chinese

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Justice for Rebels

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Killing a Serpent

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Lingering Death, The

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Lo-ch‘a Country and the Sea Market, The

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Lost Brother, The

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Mad Priest, The

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Magic Mirror, The

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Magic Path, The

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Magic Sword, The

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Magnanimous Girl, The

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Man who was changed into a Crow, The

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Man who was thrown down a Well, The

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Marriage Lottery, The

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Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter, The

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Marriage of the Virgin Goddess, The

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Master-thief, The

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“Mirror and Listen” Trick, The

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Miss Lien-hsiang, The Fox-girl

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Miss Ying-ning; or, the Laughing Girl

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Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded

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Mr. Willow and the Locusts

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Mysterious Head, The

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Painted Skin, The

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Painted Wall, The

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Performing Mice, The

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Perseverance Rewarded

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Picture Horse, The

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Pious Surgeon, The

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Planting a Pear-tree

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Playing at Hanging

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Priest’s Warning, The

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Princess Lily, The

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Princess of the Tung-t‘ing Lake

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Quarrelsome Brothers, The

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Raising the Dead

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Resuscitated Corpse, The

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Rip van Winkle, A Chinese

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Salt Smuggler, The

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Sea-serpent, The

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Self-punished Murderer, The

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She-wolf and the Herd-boys, The

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Shui-mang Plant, The

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Singing Frogs, The

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Singular case of Ophthalmia

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Singular Verdict

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Smelling Essays

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Solomon, A Chinese

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Solomon, Another

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Spirit of the Hills, The

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Spirits of the Po-yang Lake, The

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Spiritualistic Séances

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Stolen Eyes, The

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Strange Companion, A

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Stream of Cash, The

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Supernatural Wife, A

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Talking Pupils, The

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Ta-nan in Search of his Father

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Taoist Devotee, A

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Taoist Miracles

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Taoist Priest, A

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Taoist Priest of Lao-shan, The

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Theft of the Peach

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Three Genii, The

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Three States of Existence, The

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Thunder God, The

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Tiger Guest, The

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Tiger of Chao-ch‘êng, The

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Tipsy Turtle, The

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Trader’s Son, The

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Two Brides, The

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Unjust Sentence, The

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Virtuous Daughter-in-law, The

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Wei-ch‘i Devil, The

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Wine Insect, The

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Wolf Dream, The

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Wonderful Stone, The

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Young Gentleman who couldn’t spell, The

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Young Lady of the Tung-t‘ing Lake, The

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Appendix	A
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