SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

  • A Human-Fox romance transcending ritual orthodoxy

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    Ana

    Qing Feng, a cornerstone of Pu Songling’s Strange Tales from Liaozhai, masterfully blends supernatural fantasy with humanistic warmth. Centered on a love affair between a mortal scholar and a fox spirit, it explores profound tensions between authentic emotion, rigid social orthodoxy, and personal liberation.

  • Fox-Girl Qingfeng

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    Ana

    The Gengs of Taiyuan were an aristocratic family of long standing who lived in an enormous manor. Eventually their fortunes declined and half of the rambling complex of storied buildings and living quarters was left desolate.

  • Justice and Karmic Balance in “Wang Lan”

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    Ana

    Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Wang Lan recounts the supernatural journey of Wang Lan from Licheng County, Shandong.

  • Wang Lan

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    Ana

    A man named Wang Lan, who lived in Lijing County, in Shandong Province, suddenly died.

  • The Bridegroom

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    Ana

    Mei Ouchang, a juren from south of the Yangtse River, once told me of a strange case which his friend Sun from the same hometown had handled, while he was an official at Dezhou, in Shandong Province.

  • Why Minister Wang anchors “Forty Thousand Coins”?

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    Ana

    In “Forty Thousand Coins” from Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio, why did Pu Songling create the character Wang Xiangqian (Wang, the Minister of War)?