Strange Tales from an Ancient Chinese Studio: Vol. II (Vol.II)

Continuing the first volume, the second volume of Liaozhai Zhiyi, aka, Strange Tales from an Ancient Chinese Studio, presents another assemblage of over thirty short stories related to gods, extraordinary humans, ghosts, fox spirits and other incredible beings in ancient China. In this volume, you will find: A man causing impenetrable worship among commoners; Two men enchanted by a deadly fox spirit; A groom fond of eating rocks; A scholar harassed by a ghost; A judge from the underworld assisting a man in changing the head of his wife and passing the imperial examination; A man’s conjugal life with a fox spirit; A scholar’s friendship and love with a ghost; A righteous rat fighting against a snake for its friend; A turbulent earthquake; A man killing a large snake said to be a prince of the sea; A righteous man offering aid to a man in need; A family of fishes who sweep tombs of their ancestors; A man revenging his family by a scheme to kill a sea monster; A dead man continued to attend to his family A human trafficker using deceptive tricks; Three different persons sharing a dream; A man escaping from the way to the underworld; A child spirit living with a family; An official encountering a group of finger-sized guards; A scholar living with a fox spirit; A dead man summoning his wife to join his journey to the underworld; A group of pig-shaped dragons; A man reversing his fate of being a goat in his next life; A severed head praised a quick knife; A man living with a righteous spirit; A man taking a fox as his bosom friend; A fox-enchanted man saving from his desire-caused death by a female ghost; A man assisted by a parrot to succeed in courting his wife; A fox spirit setting up a scheme to revenge his family killed by a man; A fox spirit revenging his family killed by a corrupted official; A man’s mysterious stories with his brother; A fox spirit saying that a fox cannot cross a river; A man’s relationship with two female fox spirits; An official reprimanding the town god; A woman pretending to be a professional physician with her ventriloquism; An old fox spirit who knows the previous life of others; A female fox spirit’s involvement with a man; Several anecdotes of a Chinese dragon; A female ghost versed in singing and poetry-writing approaching a man.

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