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9780804841375

Chinese Ghost Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780804841375

  • ISBN10:

    0804841373

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2011-09-10
  • Publisher: Tuttle Pub
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Summary

Chinese Ghost Stories is selection of the most entertaining traditional Chinese tales of the strange and fantastic. The perfect companion for readers seeking insights into the traditional Chinese world of ghosts, goblins and demonsuas well as anyone who just wants to feel a chill run down their spine on a dark, lonely night.

Author Biography

Lafcadio Hearn (1850—1904) was a confirmed admirer of Asian sensibilities and practices. His taste for the eerie and bizarre materializes in his supernaturally focused works, including: In Ghostly Japan (1899), Shadowings (1900) and Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904).

Foreword by Victoria B. Cass noted author and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is the author of Dangerous Women: Warriors, Grannies and Geishas of the Ming and In the Realm of the Gods: Lands, Myths, and Legends of China.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Victoria Cass
Preface by Lafcadio Hearn
Chapter 1: The Soul of the Great Bell
Chapter 2: The Story of Ming-yi
Chapter 3: The Legend of Zhi Nn
Chapter 4: The Return of Yan Zhinjing
Chapter 5: The Tradition of the Tea Plant
Chapter 6: The Tale of the Porcelain God

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