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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.

Introduction. Vol. I., pp. xiii-xxxii.
STORIES.
  Vol. I.
PAGE		 Vol. II.
PAGE
Adulteration Punished — 332
Alchemist, The — 313
Boat-girl Bride, The — 149
Boatmen of Lao-lung, The — 348
Boon Companion, The 165 —
Bribery and Corruption — 170
Buddhist Priest of Ch‘ang-ch‘ing, The 22 —
Buddhist Priests, Arrival of — 231
Butterfly’s Revenge, The — 289
Carrying a Corpse — 181
Cattle Plague, The — 253
Censor in Purgatory, The — 238
Chang Pu-liang — 177
Chang’s Transformation 237 —
Chou K‘o-ch‘ang and his Ghost — 106
Clay Image, The — 276
Cloth Merchant, The — 127
Collecting Subscriptions — 220
Considerate Husband, The 158 —
Country of the Cave Men, The 397 —
Courage Tested — 116
Cruelty Avenged — 267
Dead Priest, The — 247
Death by Laughing 352 —
Disembodied Friend, The — 119
Dishonesty Punished — 279
Doctor, The — 290
Donkey’s Revenge, The — 64
Dr. Tsêng’s Dream 387 —
Dreaming Honours — 327
Dutch Carpet, The — 179
Dwarf, A 224 —
Earthquake, An — 263
Elephants and the Lion, The — 343
Engaged to a Nun 262 —
Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel 1 —
Faithful Dog, The — 261
Faithful Gander, The — 342
Faithless Widow, The — 39
Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory — 284
Fêng-shui — 322
Fight with the Foxes, The 251 —
Fighting Cricket, The — 17
Fighting Quails, The 66 —
Fisherman and his Friend, The — 197
Flood, A 350 —
Flower-nymphs, The 285 —
Flying Cow, The — 249
Foot-ball on the Tung-t‘ing Lake 408 —
Foreign Priests 343 —
Fortune-hunter Punished, The — 272
Forty Strings of Cash, The — 211
Friendship with Foxes — 300
Gambler’s Talisman, The 419 —
Grateful Dog, The — 308
Great Rat, The — 303
Great Test, The — 310
Hidden Treasure, The — 345
His Father’s Ghost — 142
Hsiang-ju’s Misfortunes 225 —
Husband Punished, The 422 —
Incorrupt Official, The — 358
Infernal Regions, In the — 95
Ingratitude Punished — 138
Injustice of Heaven, The — 111
Invisible Priest, The — 235
Jen Hsiu, The Gambler 196 —
Joining the Immortals 53 —
Jonah, A Chinese — 176
Judge Lu 92 —
Justice for Rebels — 184
Killing a Serpent — 190
King, The 257 —
Life Prolonged — 273
Lingering Death, The — 325
Little Chu 143 —
Lo-ch‘a Country and the Sea Market, The — 1
Lost Brother, The 203 —
Mad Priest, The — 282
Magic Mirror, The — 114
Magic Path, The — 36
Magic Sword, The 124 —
Magical Arts 47 —
Magnanimous Girl, The 160 —
Making Animals — 265
Man who was changed into a Crow, The 278 —
Man who was thrown down a Well, The 365 —
Marriage Lottery, The 428 —
Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter, The 26 —
Marriage of the Virgin Goddess, The — 257
Master-thief, The 347 —
Metempsychosis — 207
“Mirror and Listen” Trick, The — 251
Miss Chiao-no 33 —
Miss Lien-hsiang, The Fox-girl 168 —
Miss Quarta Hu 152 —
Miss Ying-ning; or, the Laughing Girl 106 —
Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded — 244
Mr. Willow and the Locusts — 242
Mysterious Head, The — 135
Painted Skin, The 76 —
Painted Wall, The 9 —
Performing Mice, The 218 —
Perseverance Rewarded 186 —
Picture Horse, The — 286
Pious Surgeon, The — 351
Planchette — 295
Planting a Pear-tree 14 —
Playing at Hanging 354 —
Priest’s Warning, The — 205
Princess Lily, The — 56
Princess of the Tung-t‘ing Lake — 43
Quarrelsome Brothers, The 313 —
Raising the Dead — 318
Rat Wife, The 355 —
Resuscitated Corpse, The — 193
Rip van Winkle, A Chinese — 85
Roc, The — 340
Salt Smuggler, The — 215
Saving Life — 213
Sea-serpent, The — 113
Self-punished Murderer, The 345 —
She-wolf and the Herd-boys, The — 330
Shui-mang Plant, The 136 —
Singing Frogs, The 217 —
Singular case of Ophthalmia — 102
Singular Verdict — 307
Sisters, The 336 —
Smelling Essays — 139
Snow in Summer — 294
Solomon, A Chinese — 335
Solomon, Another — 355
Spirit of the Hills, The — 137
Spirits of the Po-yang Lake, The — 109
Spiritualistic Séances — 131
Stolen Eyes, The — 233
Strange Companion, A — 130
Stream of Cash, The — 110
Supernatural Wife, A — 166
Taking Revenge — 25
Talking Pupils, The 5 —
Ta-nan in Search of his Father 296 —
Taoist Devotee, A — 183
Taoist Miracles — 226
Taoist Priest, A 246 —
Taoist Priest of Lao-shan, The 17 —
Theft of the Peach — 186
Three Genii, The 214 —
Three States of Existence, The — 90
Thunder God, The 413 —
Tiger Guest, The 330 —
Tiger of Chao-ch‘êng, The 219 —
Tipsy Turtle, The — 28
Trader’s Son, The 85 —
Two Brides, The — 158
Unjust Sentence, The — 80
Virtuous Daughter-in-law, The 374 —
Wei-ch‘i Devil, The — 268
Wine Insect, The — 259
Wolf Dream, The — 73
Wolves — 305
Wonderful Stone, The 306 —
Young Gentleman who couldn’t spell, The 326 —
Young Lady of the Tung-t‘ing Lake, The 271 —
Appendix A
„ B
 — 361
— 389