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He spent most of his life working as a private tutor, collecting the stories that were later published in ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]'' in 1740. Some critics attribute the [[Vernacular Chinese]] novel ''[[Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan]]'' ("Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World") to him.
He spent most of his life working as a private tutor, collecting the stories that were later published in ''[[Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio]]'' in 1740. Some critics attribute the [[Vernacular Chinese]] novel ''[[Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan]]'' ("Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World") to him.
he was very cool [kissy face]


==Translations of his work==
==Translations of his work==

Revision as of 12:20, 18 October 2021

Pu Songling
Born(1640-06-05)5 June 1640
Zibo, Shandong, Qing China
Died25 February 1715(1715-02-25) (aged 74)
OccupationWriter
LanguageClassical Chinese
NationalityChinese
PeriodQing dynasty
SubjectChinese literature
Notable worksStrange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi)
Pu Songling
Traditional Chinese蒲松齡
Simplified Chinese蒲松龄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPú Sōnglíng
Wade–GilesP'u2 Sung1-ling2
IPA[pʰǔ sʊ́ŋ.lǐŋ]

Pu Songling (Chinese: , 5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty, best known as the author of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi).[1]

Biography

Pu was born into a poor merchant family from Zichuan (淄川, in Zibo, Shandong). At the age of 18, he received the Xiucai degree in the Imperial examination; it was not until he was 71 that he was awarded the Gongsheng ("tribute student") degree for his achievement in literature rather than for passing the Imperial examinations.

He spent most of his life working as a private tutor, collecting the stories that were later published in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio in 1740. Some critics attribute the Vernacular Chinese novel Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan ("Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World") to him. he was very cool [kissy face]

Translations of his work

  • Strange Tales from Liaozhai (tr. Sidney L. Sondergard). Jain Pub Co., 2008. ISBN 978-0-89581-001-4.
  • Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (tr. John Minford). London: Penguin, 2006. 562 pages. ISBN 0-14-044740-7.
  • Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio (Zhang Qingnian, Zhang Ciyun and Yang Yi). Beijing: People's China Publishing, 1997. ISBN 7-80065-599-7.
  • Strange Tales from Make-do Studio (Denis C. & Victor H. Mair). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989.
  • Strange Tales of Liaozhai (Lu Yunzhong, Chen Tifang, Yang Liyi, and Yang Zhihong). Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 1982.
  • Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures (George Soulié). London: Constable, 1913.
  • Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (tr. Herbert A. Giles). London: T. De La Rue, 1880.[2] ISBN 1-4212-4855-7.

Movies

References

Further reading

Notes

  1. ^ Judith T. Zeitlin, Historian of the strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese classical tale (Stanford University Press, 1993).
  2. ^ Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. pp. 126.