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TheStrangeTalesofPuSongling(1640-1715)areexquisiteandamusingminiaturesthatareregardedasthepinnacleofclassicalChinesefiction.Withtheirelegantprose,wittywordplayandsubtlecharm,the104storiesinthisselectionrevealaworldinwhichnothingisasitseems.HereaTaoistmonkconjuresupamagicalpeartree,ascholarrecountshispreviousincarnations,awomanout-foxesthefox-spiritthatpossessesher,achildbridegivesbirthtoathimble-sizedbaby,aghostlycityappearsoutofnowhereandaheartlessdaughter-in-lawisturnedintoapig.Inhistalesofhumanscouplingwithshape-shiftingspirits,bizarrephenomena,hauntedbuildingsandenchantedobjects,PuSonglingpushesbacktheboundariesofhumanexperienceandenlightensasheentertains.