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Strange Tales from Liaozhai: The Kingdom of Rakshasas and the Mirage (The Raksasas and the Ocean Bazaar) follows merchant Ma Ji, swept ashore the grotesque Kingdom of Rakshasas during a voyage.
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Ma Ji, also known as Dragon Messenger, was a merchant’s son. He had striking good looks and in his untrammeled youth gave himself up to the pleasures of singing and dancing. He frequented the Pear Garden, where he amused himself in the company of the actors. Wrapping his head in a brocade turban he…
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One day, as the monkeys drilled in the training grounds, the Handsome Monkey King, swept up in the fervor, leaped into the fray, brandishing a heavy ringed blade. Silver light flashed like meteors, drawing cheers from his troops.