Censored by Confucius
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Censored by Confucius

Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei

  1. 259 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Censored by Confucius

Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei

About this book

"The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society". -- Reference & Research Book News.

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List of Stories by Theme

Animals

The Goats Who Fulfilled Their Fate
The Human Ape
The Duck's Lover
The Old Woman Who Was Transformed into a Wolf
A Loyal Dog Makes Use of Another Dog's Body
The Bear
Cousin Raccoon
Scholar Zhuang
The Sea Monster of Jiangxi
The Sparrows Repay a Debt of Kindness
Spiritual Man Luo Catches the Wrong Demon
A Tiger Steals the God of Literature's Head
A Donkey Helps Solve a Strange Case
Hanging onto the Ears of a Tiger
Animals and Humans Are Equally Unpredictable

Fox Fairies

In Which Hunters Expurgate the Fox Fairies
A Fox Fairy Plays Guanyin for Three Years
The Patriarch of Fox Fairies
A Fox Fairy and a Ghost Invade the Stomach
The Immortal Fox Fairy Hangs Itself
Commander Wang

Ghostly Revenge

Revenge of the Skull
The Magistrate of Pingyang
Scholar Qiu
The Lady Ghost of the Western Garden
A Sentry Is Struck by Lightning
A Loyal Dog Makes Use of Another Dog's Body
Leng Qiujiang
Swindled by the Earth God's Wife
The Good Little Ghost
Zhang Youhua
The Muddleheaded Ghost
The Ghost That Stood in Awe of the Powerful
Thunder Strikes the Earth God
An Imprisoned Ghost
Scholar Song
Quan Gu
The Thunder God Strikes Wang San
Yang Er
Helping a Ghost Get Revenge
Revenge of the Wronged Wife
In Which the Ghost Sues Her Loved One
Double Blossom Temple
The Female Impersonator
Daylight Ghosts

Homosexuality

The Spirit of the Turtle Stone
A Loyal Dog Makes Use of Another Dog's Body
The Cool Old Man
The Wooden Guardsmen
The Reincarnation of Cai Jing
Double Blossom Temple
The Female Impersonator
Tools of the Sex Trade

Incubi

The Spirit of the Turtle Stone
Kaxiong
The Lovesick Ghost
Zhang Guangxiong
Cousin Raccoon
Little Mischief
Spiritual Man Luo Catches the Wrong Demon
The Wooden Guardsmen
The Prince of Guazhou

Legal Cases

Human World
The Magistra...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Stories by Theme
  8. Illustrations
  9. Preface
  10. Introduction
  11. Deputy Prefect Li
  12. Scholar Cai
  13. Revenge of the Skull
  14. General Zhao Spears the Cheeky Monster
  15. The Magistrate of Pingyang
  16. Tricking the Thunder God
  17. Ghosts Are Afraid of Those Unafraid of Death
  18. Scholar Qiu
  19. Ghosts Have Only Three Tricks
  20. Master Chen Qingke Blows the Ghost Away
  21. The Tall Ghost Is Captured
  22. The Lady Ghost of the Western Garden
  23. A Sentry Is Struck by Lightning
  24. In Which Hunters Expurgate the Fox Fairies
  25. The Goats Who Fulfilled Their Fate
  26. Capturing a Ghost
  27. Mr. Xu
  28. The Hairy People of Qin
  29. The Human Ape
  30. The Human Prawn
  31. The Duck's Lover
  32. The Spirit of the Turtle Stone
  33. Ghosts Who Play with Firecrackers May Burn Themselves
  34. Kaxiong
  35. Freak Wind
  36. The Old Woman Who Was Transformed into a Wolf
  37. A Loyal Dog Makes Use of Another Dog's Body
  38. Leng Qiujiang
  39. The Nailed-up Specter Makes Good Her Escape
  40. The Messenger of Death Who Loved His Wine
  41. A Fox Fairy Plays Guanyin for Three Years
  42. Butterfingered Scholar Wu
  43. The Patriarch of Fox Fairies
  44. Swindled by the Earth God's Wife
  45. The Good Little Ghost
  46. The Ghosts Who Pretended They Could Speak Mandarin
  47. The City God Gets Drunk
  48. Two Great Ways to Deal with Ghosts
  49. The Immortal Prostitute
  50. Zhang Youhua
  51. A Ghost Borrows an Official Title for a Daughter's Marriage
  52. The Bear
  53. Two Corpses Make Love in the Wilderness
  54. King Buffalo Head
  55. The Muddleheaded Ghost
  56. The Ghost That Stood in Awe of the Powerful
  57. The Lovesick Ghost
  58. Thunder Strikes the Earth God
  59. Zhang Guangxiong
  60. The Blue-Capped Demon
  61. Cousin Raccoon
  62. An Imprisoned Ghost
  63. A Fox Fairy and a Ghost Invade the Stomach
  64. The Immortal Fox Fairy Hangs Itself
  65. Ghosts Hate Poverty
  66. Xiao Fu
  67. A Jeweled Pagoda Formed by Ghosts
  68. The Land Without Doors
  69. Scholar Song
  70. Scholar Zhuang
  71. Little Mischief
  72. Commander Wang
  73. The Sea Monster of Jiangxi
  74. The Sparrows Repay a Debt of Kindness
  75. Quan Gu
  76. A Ghost Is Chased Off by a Ghost
  77. The Folding Immortal
  78. Demons Are Terrified of Rationalism
  79. Spiritual Man Luo Catches the Wrong Demon
  80. The Thunder God Strikes Wang San
  81. Memories of Suiyuan
  82. The Cool Old Man
  83. A Tiger Steals the God of Literature's Head
  84. Revenge on the Warrior of the Flowers
  85. The Wooden Guardsmen
  86. A Woman Transforms into a Man
  87. The Prince of Guazhou
  88. Yang Er
  89. Helping a Ghost Get Revenge
  90. A Donkey Helps Solve a Strange Case
  91. Scholar Zhang
  92. The Reincarnation of Cai Jing
  93. Hanging onto the Ears of a Tiger
  94. Animals and Humans Are Equally Unpredictable
  95. A Ghost Buys Herself a Son
  96. Poor Ghosts Haunt, Rich Ghosts Don't Bother
  97. Revenge of the Wronged Wife
  98. A Ghost Makes an Offering of Dumplings
  99. You Don't Have to Be Virtuous to Become a God
  100. In Which the Ghost Sues Her Loved One
  101. Elder Brother Ding
  102. Miss Wang Er
  103. Double Blossom Temple
  104. The Female Impersonator
  105. Tools of the Sex Trade
  106. Stealing Ginseng
  107. Stealing a Painting
  108. Stealing a Pair of Boots
  109. Stealing a Wall
  110. Daylight Ghosts
  111. About the Translators