This reflection on The Haunted House introduces real‑life official Li Huaxi. It explores why Pu Songling set the ghost tale in his mansion, noting harmless phantoms and the moral that good deeds ward off evil spirits.
This article examines Qianlong‑commissioned The Biographies of Turncoat Officials. It analyzes its moral‑political purposes: enforcing loyalty norms, restraining clans, and notes the historical irony of the emperor’s double ethical standard.