Chinese Chronicles of the Strange: The «Nuogao ji»

by Carrie E. Reed, Carrie E. Reed (Translator), Ch'eng-Shih Tuan

«Nuogao ji» (Records of Nuogao) is the title of five juan of the ninth-century miscellany entitled Youyang zazu , by Duan Chengshi (c. 800-863). «Nuogao ji» is made up of anecdotes and notices that focus on the strange or supernatural. Simultaneously reminiscent of earlier zhiguai works and characteristic of Tang xiaoshuo writing, this book is an important text for the study of both change and continuity in Chinese informal narratives. This is the first complete English translation of «Nuogao ji.»

219 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[feux d'artifice · Rating 4 out of 5]

yay was happy to read this it's a good companion to a tang miscellany, in particular shout-out to the creepy stories like the human face disease and that monster wife that eats the grooms she marries

so far enjoying what little I've tried of classical Chinese literature on the supernatural and would be down to read more!