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100	1		_aPu, Songling, _d1640-1715. _9165626
240	1	0	_aLiao zhai zhi yi. _lEnglish. _kSelections
245	1	0	_aStrange tales from a Chinese studio / _cPu Songling ; translated and edited by John Minford.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bPenguin, _c2006.
300			_axxxviii, 562 p. : _bill., maps ; _c20 cm.
490	1		_aPenguin classics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_tHomunculus -- _tAn otherwordly examination -- _tLiving dead -- _tSpitting water -- _tTalking pupils -- _tThe painted wall -- _tThe troll -- _tBiting a ghost -- _tCatching a fox -- _tThe monster in the buckwheat -- _tThe haunted house -- _tStealing a peach -- _tGrowing pears -- _tThe Taoist priest of Mount Lao -- _tThe monk of Changqing -- _tThe snake-charmer -- _tThe wounded python -- _tThe fornicating dog -- _tThe god of hail -- _tThe golden goblet -- _tGrace and pine -- _tA most exemplary monk -- _tMagical arts -- _tWild dog -- _tPast lives -- _tFox in the bottle -- _tWailing ghosts -- _tThumb and thimble -- _tScorched moth and the Taoist -- _tFriendship beyond the grave -- _tKarmic debts -- _tRitual cleansing -- _tThe doctor god and the thief -- _tThe painted skin -- _tA passion for snakes -- _tThe merchant's son -- _tA latter-day Buddha -- _tFox enchantment -- _tEating stones -- _tThe laughing girl -- _tThe magic sword and the magic bag -- _tThe devoted mouse -- _tAn earthquake -- _tSnake Island -- _tGenerosity -- _tThe giant fish -- _tThe giant turtle -- _tMaking animals -- _tThe little mandarin -- _tDying together -- _tThe alligator's revenge -- _tSheep skin -- _tSharp sword -- _tLotus fragrance -- _tKing of the nine mountains -- _tThe fox of Fenzhou -- _tSilkworm -- _tVocal virtuosity -- _tFox as prophet -- _tThis transformation -- _tFox control -- _tDragon dormant -- _tCut sleeve -- _tThe girl from Nanking -- _tTwenty years a dream -- _tMynah bird -- _tLamp dog -- _tDoctor five hides -- _tButterfly -- _tThe black beast -- _tThe stone bowl -- _tA fatal joke -- _tRaining money -- _tTwin lanterns -- _tGhost foiled, fox put to rout -- _tFrog chorus -- _tPerforming mice -- _tThe clay scholar -- _tFlowers of illusion -- _tDwarf -- _tBird -- _tPrincess lotus -- _tThe girl in green -- _tDuck justice -- _tBig sneeze -- _tSteel shirt -- _tFox trouble -- _tLust punished by foxes -- _tMountain City -- _tA cure for marital strife -- _tA prank -- _tAdultery an
520	8		_aThe strange tales of Pu Songling are exquisite miniatures regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems.
546			_aTranslated from the Chinese.
600	1	0	_aPu, Songling, _d1640-1715 _vTranslations into English. _9165627
650		0	_aShort stories, Chinese _vTranslations into English. _9165628
651		0	_aChina _xSocial life and customs _vFiction. _973211
700	1		_aMinford, John. _9165629
830		0	_aPenguin classics _921617
942			_cBOOK _05
998			_a006857626
999			_c94597 _d94597