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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Vol. 1 (of 2)

Songling Pu

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Herbert Allen Giles translation

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1. Front matter2. STRANGE STORIES FROM A CHINESE STUDIO.3. INTRODUCTION.4. I. EXAMINATION FOR THE POST OF GUARDIAN ANGEL.[36]5. II. THE TALKING PUPILS.6. III. THE PAINTED WALL.7. IV. PLANTING A PEAR-TREE.8. V. THE TAOIST PRIEST OF LAO-SHAN.9. VI. THE BUDDHIST PRIEST OF CH‘ANG-CH‘ING.10. VII. THE MARRIAGE OF THE FOX’S DAUGHTER.11. VIII. MISS CHIAO-NO.12. IX. MAGICAL ARTS.13. X. JOINING THE IMMORTALS.14. XI. THE FIGHTING QUAILS.15. XII. THE PAINTED SKIN.16. XIII. THE TRADER’S SON.17. XIV. JUDGE LU.18. XV. MISS YING-NING; OR, THE LAUGHING GIRL.19. XVI. THE MAGIC SWORD.20. XVII. THE SHUI-MANG PLANT.21. XVIII. LITTLE CHU.22. XIX. MISS QUARTA HU.23. XX. MR. CHU, THE CONSIDERATE HUSBAND.24. XXI. THE MAGNANIMOUS GIRL.25. XXII. THE BOON-COMPANION.26. XXIII. MISS LIEN-HSIANG.27. XXIV. MISS A-PAO; OR, PERSEVERANCE REWARDED.28. XXV. JEN HSIU.29. XXVI. THE LOST BROTHER.30. XXVII. THE THREE GENII.31. XXVIII. THE SINGING FROGS.32. XXIX. THE PERFORMING MICE.33. XXX. THE TIGER OF CHAO-CH‘ÊNG.34. XXXI. A DWARF.35. XXXII. HSIANG-JU’S MISFORTUNES.36. XXXIII. CHANG’S TRANSFORMATION.37. XXXIV. A TAOIST PRIEST.38. XXXV. THE FIGHT WITH THE FOXES.39. XXXVI. THE KING.40. XXXVII. ENGAGED TO A NUN.41. XXXVIII. THE YOUNG LADY OF THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.42. XXXIX. THE MAN WHO WAS CHANGED INTO A CROW.43. XL. THE FLOWER NYMPHS.44. XLI. TA-NAN IN SEARCH OF HIS FATHER.45. XLII. THE WONDERFUL STONE.46. XLIII. THE QUARRELSOME BROTHERS.47. XLIV. THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN WHO COULDN’T SPELL.[257]48. XLV. THE TIGER GUEST.49. XLVI. THE SISTERS.50. XLVII. FOREIGN[272] PRIESTS.51. XLVIII. THE SELF-PUNISHED MURDERER.52. XLIX. THE MASTER THIEF.53. L. A FLOOD.54. LI. DEATH BY LAUGHING.55. LII. PLAYING AT HANGING.56. LIII. THE RAT WIFE.57. LIV. THE MAN WHO WAS THROWN DOWN A WELL.58. LV. THE VIRTUOUS DAUGHTER-IN-LAW.59. LVI. DR. TSÊNG’S DREAM.60. LVII. THE COUNTRY OF THE CANNIBALS.[324]61. LVIII. FOOT-BALL ON THE TUNG-T‘ING LAKE.62. LIX. THE THUNDER GOD.63. LX. THE GAMBLER’S TALISMAN.64. LXI. THE HUSBAND PUNISHED.65. LXII. THE MARRIAGE LOTTERY.66. FOOTNOTES67. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
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