Pu Songling
Pu Songling (Chinese: 蒲松齡, 5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty, best known as the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi).
Also recorded as P'u Sung-ling · Jianchen · Liaozhai · Liuquan
Pu Songling
佚名 · 中国国家博物馆 · Public domain
- Born
- 1640. · Zichuan District.
- Died
- 1715. · Zichuan District.
- Nationality
- Ming dynasty and Qing dynasty.
- Occupation
- writer, poet, collector of fairy tales and playwright.
- Known for
- Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Biography
Biography
Pu was born into a poor merchant family from Zichuan (淄川, in Zibo, Shandong). At the age of 18, he received the Xiucai degree in the Imperial examination. It was not until he was 71 that he was awarded the Gongsheng ("tribute student") degree for his achievement in literature rather than for passing the Imperial exam. He spent most of his life working as a private tutor, collecting stories that were later published in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio in 1740. Some critics attribute the Vernacular Chinese novel Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan (Marriage Destinies to Awaken the World) to him.
Documentary record
Pu Songling (5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) is described as a writer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Pu Songling was born on 5 June 1640 and died on 25 February 1715.
Translations of his work
Translations of his work
Strange Tales from Liaozhai, 6 volumes (tr. Sidney L. Sondergard). Jain Pub Co., 2008-2014. ISBN 978-0-89581-001-4. Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (tr. John Minford). London: Penguin, 2006. 562 pages. ISBN 0-14-044740-7. Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio (Zhang Qingnian, Zhang Ciyun and Yang Yi). Beijing: People's China Publishing, 1997. ISBN 7-80065-599-7. Strange Tales from Make-do Studio (Denis C. & Victor H. Mair). Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, 1989. Strange Tales of Liaozhai (Lu Yunzhong, Chen Tifang, Yang Liyi, and Yang Zhihong). Hong Kong: Commercial Press, 1982. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures (George Soulié). London: Constable, 1913. Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (tr. Herbert A. Giles). London: T. De La Rue, 1880. ISBN 1-4212-4855-7. The Emperor of China in a House of Ill Repute: Songs of the Imperial Visit to Datong (tr. Wilt L. Idema). Oxford University Press, 2023.
In popular culture
In popular culture
In The Knight of Shadows: Between Yin and Yang (2019), Jackie Chan portrays Pu Songling. Dao Lang has released an album based on his folk stories, called "There are Few Folk Songs" (山歌寥哉). The tracklist includes "Luosha Haishi" (罗刹海市), a song based on The Raksha Country and the Sea Market, which is compared to "Gangnam Style" for its virality and watching records.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1640
Pu Songling born at Zichuan District.
1715
Pu Songling died at Zichuan District.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q318406: Pu Songling
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- “Pu Songling”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118942182, Pu, Songling.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Cited by Wikipedia
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Judith T. Zeitlin, Historian of the strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese classical tale (Stanford University Press, 1993).
- 2.Bleiler, Everett. The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Shasta Publishers. 126. 1948.
- 3.山歌寥哉 - Qq音乐-千万正版音乐海量无损曲库新歌热歌天天畅听的高品质音乐平台！.
- 4.Qian, Zilan. Behind 8 Billion Streams: Who is Dao Lang Cursing in the Chinese Hit Song 'Luocha Kingdom'?. 3 August 2023.
- 5.'Curse people without dirty words': satirical song 'targets corruption' in China. South China Morning Post. 5 August 2023.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Encyclopædia Britannica 2005 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD, Pu Sung-ling
- Death of Woman Wang 1978, Johnathon D Spence
- Chun-shu, Chang, and Shelley Hsueh-lun Chang (1998) Redefining History: Ghosts, Spirits, and Human Society in P'u Sung-ling's World, 1640–1715. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
- Judith T. Zeitlin (1993). Historian of the Strange : Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, xii, 332p. .
- Owen, Stephen, "Pu Song-ling (1640–1715), Liao-zhai's Record of Wonders," in Stephen Owen, ed. An Anthology of Chinese Literature: Beginnings to 1911. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. p. 1103-1126 (Archive).
- P'u Sung-ling.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 118942182, Pu, Songling.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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