Strange Tales from Liaozhai: Nie Xiaoqian, a renowned tale by Qing writer Pu Songling, weaves a fantasy of love, ethics, and salvation through a human-ghost romance.
Ning Caichen, a native of Zhejiang Province, was noted for his galantry, integrity and upright character. He often used to say, “In my whole life, I’ve only had my wife and never another woman.”
Scholar Kong Xueli, a descendent of the sage, Confucius, was a man of forbearance and well-versed in poetry. His good friend, a magistrate of Tiantai County in Zhejiang Province, wrote to him, inviting him to be his guest.