Introduction
Thebook"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"hasnearly500articles,whicharemainlydividedintothefollowingtypes:
Thefirstislovestory,whichoccupiesthelargestpartofthebook.Mostofthemaincharactersinthestoryarenotafraidoffeudalethics,andbravelypursuefreelove.Representativeworksofthistypeinclude"LotusFragrant","XiaoXie","Liancheng","Eunuch","CrowHead"andsoon.
Thesecondistocriticizetheimperialexaminationsystemforthedestructionofscholars."YeSheng","SiWenLang","YuQuEi"and"WangZi'an"areallsuchworks.
Thethirdistoexposethebrutalityoftherulingclassandtheoppressionofthepeople,whichhassocialsignificance,suchas"XiFangping","PromotingWeaving","DreamWolf"and"MeiGirl".
CatalogueofWorks
Thefollowingtableisthecatalogueofthetwenty-fourvolumetranscriptsof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".Therearenosupplementsandappendicesinthisedition:
Xu | ||||||||
GaoHengXu | TangMenglaiXu | SelfPreface(LiaoZhaiZiZhi) | ||||||
Body | ||||||||
VolumeOne | KaoChenghuang | Peopleintheear | corpsechange | PupilHumanLanguage | Paintthewall | Mandrill | Bitetheghost | Catchthefox |
Thebuckwheatmonster(1) | Housemonster | WangLiulang | StealingPeach | Plantpears | BaiXian | Monks | Ghostcrying | |
Snakeaddiction | TempleGhost | YiMouse | Earthquake | ZhuPolong | AmaninShaanyou(2) | Goodfastknife(3) | GhostintheRiver(4) | |
Xishu | 蛰龙 | Littlebun | JinYongnian | XiaXue | BeautyFirst | Thecoachman | YangScaryan | |
Mouseshow | ||||||||
VolumeII | LaoshanTaoistpriest(5) | ChangqingMonk | SnakeMan | Boa | dogrape | HailGod(PrinceYuncang···) | FoxMarryadaughter | JiaoNa |
BlackArt | WildDog | Sansheng(LiuXiaolian···) | Foxintothebottle | TrueDingGirl | JiaoYao | YeSheng | FourTenthousand | |
成仙 | Groom | Lingguan | WangLan | WangCheng | Dreamnot | LiGong(6) | PoyangGod | |
Spokenduck | Liu’sson | |||||||
VolumeThree | greenFeng | Paintedskin | JiaEr | DongSheng | Lunshi | LuPan | Yingning | 聂小倩 |
Haigongzi | DingQianxi | LaoXianggongZhang | ShuiMangCao | Livestock | Headroll | HouJingshan | MoneyFlow | |
DragonMeat | Kuixing | Luling | MountainGod | |||||
VolumeIV | Fengyangscholars | GengShiba | Pearl | Xiaoguanren | SisterHu | ZhuWeng | XiaNv | Drinkingfriends |
Lianxiang | ABao | NineMountainKing | ZunhuaDepartmentFox | ZhangCheng | Godjumping | Ironclothshirtmethod | WuMenPainters | |
豢Snake p> | HuaNan | |||||||
VolumeFive | FenzhouFox | QiaoNiang | WuLing | Ventilator | FoxLink | WeiShuiFox | RedJade | LinSiniang |
Mr.Lu | Taoist | HuFamily | BeggarMonk | Fuhu | SuXian | LiBoyan | HuangJiulang | |
JinlingWomen | TangGong | YanLuo(LaiwuXiucai···) | GeneralShepherd | LeiGong | PlayHang | Deadmonk | Thedeficit | |
ZitongLing | Guijin | LuShu | GhostOrder | Birdman | Beggedcorpse | |||
Volume6 | LianSuo | SingleTaoist | BaiYuyu | YashaKingdom | Westernmonk | Oldglutton | Liancheng | HuoSheng |
WangShixiu | ShangSanguan | Yujiang | Littletwo | GengNiang | GongMengbi | MudGhost | ||
VolumeSeven | Mandarin | LiuHaishi | Ghosts | doglamp | FanMonk | FoxConcubine | LeiCao | Gamblers |
Axia | LiSijian | MaoFox | PianPian | Blackbeast | YuDe | greenplum p> | RakshaSeaMarket | |
PurpleFlowerMonk | JuLeru | Stealers | SomeYi | |||||
VolumeEight | Tanachiro | Keepit | GongsunJiuniang | Promotingweaving | XiucaiLiu | Flooddisaster | AcertainZhuchengcity | LibraryOfficer |
FotouImperialHistory | FoxHarmony | RainMoney | Concubine'srodhitsthethief(7) | Talentstodrivemonsters(8) | Sisterseasytomarry | ContinuedHuangliang | Beagle | |
ChessGhost(9) | XinShisiNiang | boys | ||||||
VolumeNine | Whitelotusteaching(Whitelotusteachingcertain···) | Doublelights | Jiangdebtrepayment | Ghostfeast | HuXianggong(10) | p>NianYang | Nudscholar | Mrs.Land |
HanyueFuhua(11) | WineMania | Yangwuhou | ZhaoChenghu | MartialArts | LittlePeople | QinHealth | crowhead | |
FengSanniang | FoxDream | |||||||
Volumeten | Buker | Farmersdrivefoxes(12) | ChangA-duan | HuaGuzi | WuXiaolian | WestLakeMaster | filialpiety p> | Hammer(HammerKing) |
Soilpuppets | ChangzhiWomen | righteousdog(Lu'anJia···) | WuQiuyue | PrincessLotus | Girlingreen | LiShi | LotusThreeNiangzi | |
CaiWeiWeng | Deer'sheadgrass | Smallcoffin | LiSheng | JiangTaishi | Sustain(13) | |||
Volume11 | GuoSheng | Goldencolor | PengHaiqiu | Kenyu | DouShi | MaJiefu | MiaoYinJingPostscript(14) | JiangFei(15) |
Hejianstudents | Yuncuixian | GeneralDali | WhiteLotusSect(WhiteLotusPirateHead···) | YanShi | PuppetShow(16) | ShaoShimei | ShaoLinzi | |
CrazyLife | LiaoyangArmy | ZhangGongshi | SunBizhen | Yuanbao | Dragon(17) | Inkstone(18) | Wuyi | |
rat | p>ZhangBuliang | PastoralVertical | Millionaire | WangSima | ||||
Volume12 | DuWeng | XiaoXieQiurong(19) | Lin’s | AuntHu | Xihou | ThreeWolves | LiuLiangcai | Huifang |
XiaoQi | Thetworulesofchaos | Waterchestnut | Hungryghost | ConsultationDivision | Adult | XiangGao | DongGongzi | |
Wednesday | Thepigeonsaredifferent | NieZheng | Lengsheng | MedicinalMonk | ZaoLi | Redfelt | Pumpingthebowel | |
NiuFei | ||||||||
Volumethirteen | Foxpunishesadultery | Shanshi | Jiangcheng | SunSheng | TheEightKings | LuoZu | Liusurname | ShaoJiuniang(20) |
GongXian | SecondQuotient | YishuiXiucai | MeiGirl | LiangYan | ||||
VolumeFourteen | GuoXiucai | Aying | OrangeTree | NiuChengzhang | Qing'e | Mirrorlistening | NiuHuang | GoldenGufu |
XianrenIsland | YanLuoxie | Diandaoren | HuSiNiang | MonkArt | LiuSheng | Injustice | Peasantwomen | |
AnqiIsland | Yuansu | Clam | LingxianFox | PengErzhuan | ||||
Volumefifteen | AfterZhen | Eunuch | Aembroidery | LittleCui | JinMonk | EvilGhost | Xiliu | Drawahorse |
ThreeBureauFrauds(21) | ZhongSheng | Medicalskills | Hong | Elephant | ZhouKechang | WangHuolang | Balong(22) | tr>|
CarpenterFeng | 某甲 | TheThreeMonstersofQuzhou | Demolitionpeople | Bigscorpion | Sizaofficial | |||
VolumeSixteen | p>Chang'e | ChuSheng | HuoNu | DivisionWenLang | UglyFox | LuWubing | QianBuwu | Yaoan |
CuiMeng | Watersprayghost(23) | EagleTigerGod | JinShicheng | tr> | ||||
VolumeSeventeen | Poetry谳 | XingZiyi | LuYanguan | GuSheng | ChenXijiu | Queevil | Phoenix | TongKe |
Ainu | Singfuzai | Yiren | YueShen | 小梅 | YuZhongcheng | JiJi | Sichuan | |
Nigger | SoiledRabbit | |||||||
VolumeEighteen | ZhangHongjian | TheImperialDoctor | PrinceAn | surnameDiao | JinlingB | GuoAn | Foldingprison | righteousdog(ZhoucunhasJia···) |
YangDahong | ChayaCave | PrincessYunluo | Niaoyu | Tiangong | QiaoGirl | Mrs.Liu | Gongsunxia | |
GhostLi | Guobao | |||||||
VolumeNineteen | TrueLife | Clothingbusiness | HeXian | Goddess | Xiangskirt | Sansheng(AcertainHunan···) | LongPavilion | XiFangping |
Suqiu | JiaFeng’sPheasant | Shangxian | ||||||
VolumeTwenty | Rouge | Axian | Ruiyun | DannyQiu | CaoCaozhong | LongFeiXianggong | Coral | Fivelinks(24) |
and | ShenShi | Dragon | ||||||
Volume21 | Hengniang | Getowel | HuangYing p> | Bookidiot | QiTianDasheng | FrogGod | again | RenXiu |
Sunset | BaiQiulian | TheKing | Foreigners | Scorpionguest | Birds | LiXiangxian | Lion | |
frogmusic | ||||||||
Volume22 | ChenYunqi | Weaving | BambooGreen | DuanShi | FoxGirl | Zhang’swife | YuZiyou | Maleconcubine |
WangAcceptable | WangDa | LeZhong | Xiangyu | Sanxian | 王十 | BigMan | ||
Volume23 | MasterWei | ShiQingxu | ZengYouyu | ThesonofJiaping | Secondclass | 乩仙 | p>Miaosheng | DuXiaolei |
MaoDafu | HailGod(TangTaishiji···) | LiBaju | OldDragonBoatFamily | QingchengWomen | Owl | Ancientbottle | Mr.YuanShao | |
XueWeiniang | TianZicheng | WangGui’an'schildparasiticattachment(25) | wineinsects | |||||
Volume24 | ZhouSheng | ChuSuiliang | LiuQuan | JiSheng | Koreanmedicine | Sewingneedle | Huanhou | Pendie |
Jinse | TaiyuanPrison | NewZhengLitigation | FangWenshu | QinHui | Zhedongsheng p> | BoxingGirl | 一Officer | |
DragonPlaySpider | YanLuoyanFeast(26) | SettheButterflyFireDonkey(27) | GhostWife | Threedynastiesveteran p> | DreamWolf | Shemale | DoctorWuyi | |
Yeming | ||||||||
AfterLiaoZhaiStrangeQuestions | ||||||||
Addendum(Twenty-fourvolumesoftranscriptshavenotbeenrecovered) | ||||||||
Addendum | Mr.YangQian | Guarantee | ChenLong | Dragonwithouteyes | Dragontakeswater | Mantiscatchessnakes | 馎饦媪 | HauntedGhost |
YanLuo | Businesswomen | boys | GeneralHuang(28) | Hiddenlouse | 蚰樹 | CattleCalf | LiTansi | |
MonkNieYiShi’sSaying | LulingYishi’sSayings | MenglangSupplementaryRules | SupplementaryRegulationsofZhangGongshi | ThedismantlementofthebuildingisdifferentfromtheShi’sstatement p> | SupplementaryRegulationsoftheYoungMasterofJiaping | ATreasureAttachment | ||
Appendix(notsureforPuSongling) | ||||||||
Viper | Dragon | Aicai | MenglangSupplementaryRulesII |
ThiseditiondoesnotincludearticlessuchasHaiDayuandNiuTongren.NiuTongrenisafragmentaryarticle.ZhuQikai's"QuanBenXinZhuLiaoZhaiZhiYi"Thesetwoarticlesareincluded.
ThreearticlesbyZhuzuiTaoist,ZhangMu,andPersianarefromtheselectedmanuscriptsof"StrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhai"byHuangYanxiduringtheQianlongperiod;inZhangYouhe’s"LiaoZhaiZhiYiHuiSchoolMeetingCommentary",becauseofhistoryConditionsarelimited,itisimpossibletoconfirmwhetherthesethreearticlesarePu'soriginalworks,sotheyareonlylistedasappendices;laterconfirmedthatthePersianwaswrittenbyMingSongLian,see"TheCompleteWorksofSongXueshi"Volume28;ZhuzuiTaoistwaswrittenbySongHongMai,Containedin"NewSchoolCompilationofSupplementstoYiJianZhi·ZhiBu"Volume19;ZhangMu,authorunknown,includedinthevolumeofYiShizhen'sclassicalnovels"LangHuanJi"intheYuanDynasty,andacollectionofshortstoriesinclassicalChineseinthelateMingDynasty"ContinuedYanyi""Edition"volumeten,"GuangyanYibian"volume20.
ZhuQikai's"QuanBenXinZhuLiaoZhaiZhiYi"isbasedonthemanuscriptandZhuxueZhaimanuscripts.Atthetimeofpublication,itwas"Liancheng","Zheiyu·SupplementaryRegulations"and"LeZhong""DragonPlaySpider"added"Yoshishi'sSaying","ThreeDynastiesElders","HouseRobber","ABao",and"GeneralHuang"added"SupplementaryProvisions".Inthelaterrevisededition,accordingtothenewlyphotocopied"YiShi",itwasprovedthat"MenglangSupplementaryRegulationsII"("YouyiZaiYangGong")wasindeedwrittenbyPuSongling,andmovedtothemaintextafter"MenglangSupplementaryRegulations".
Notes:
(1)Thereisaversionas"Xunzhongwei";
(2)Thereisaversionas"Acertainpublic";
(3)Thereisaversionas"QuickSword";
(4)Thereisaversionas"Jiangzhong";
(5)Thereisaversionas"LaoshanTaoist"
(6)Thereisaversionas"CatchtheGhostandShoottheFox";
(7)Thereisaversionas"TheConcubineStrikestheThief";
(8)ThereisaversionAs"RepellingMonsters";
(9)Thereisaversionas"Ghost";
(10)Thereisaversionas"HuSixianggong";
(11)Thereisaversionas"JinanTaoist";
(12)Thereisaversionas"Nongren";
(13)Thereisaversionas"Chengsu";
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(14)ZhuxuezhaiThisarticleisattachedtoMaJiefu;
(15)TheQingketingblock-printededitionisretitled"FlowerGod";
(16)Thereareversionsas"WoodCarvingMan"or"WoodCarvingBeauty";
(17)Volume11ofthetwenty-fourvolumecontainsthe"FourWordsofYuanXuan",volume20containsthe"BeizhiTherearechaptersof"FallingDragonintotheVillage"and"ZhangqiuXiaoxianggongzhuang",Zhuxuezhai'sbookappendsthe"FourWordsofYuanXuan"tothetwenty-twochapters;
(18)Thereareeditions"YanShi";
(19)Thereisaversionas"XiaoXie";
(20)Thereisaversionas"ShaoNu";
(21)Thereisaversionas"Spoofing";
(22)Thereisaversionas"TiredDragon";
(23)Thereisaversionas"Spraywater";
(24)Thereareversionsthatdonotlistthe"You"chapterof"FiveTongs"andthe"You"chapterof"FrogGod"asseparatechapters,butlistthemassupplementaryrules;
(25)Thereisaversionthatlists"ParasiticAttachment"asaseparateofficialtitle;
(26)Thereisaversionas"YanLuoyan";
(27)Thereisaversionas"Butterfly";
(28)Itssupplementis"Jinren",andsomeeditionslistitseparatelyasanofficialtitle.
Creativebackground
PuSonglingwasborninascholarlyfamily.Inhisearlyyears,healsowantedtousetheimperialexaminationtobecomeanofficial.Unfortunately,afterrepeatedattempts,hecouldonlymakealivingbyteaching.Hehasbeeninterestedinfolkstoriesaboutghostsandgodssincehewasachild.ItissaidthatPuSonglingonceopenedateahouseinfrontofherhouseinordertocollectmaterials,andpeoplewhocometodrinkteacanuseastoryinsteadofteamoney.Withthismethod,PuSonglingcollectedalargenumberofbizarrestories,aftersortingandprocessing,heincludedthemin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".
AccordingtothenotesoftheQingDynasty,"ThreeBorrowingLuBiTan"records:PuSonglingwillshoponthesideoftheroadeverymorning,andsetupcigarettesandtea,waitingforpassersbytocollectstrangestories.EverytimeIhearsomething,IwillretouchitwhenIgethome.
InthefirstyearofKangxi(1662),PuSonglingbegantowritefoxghoststorieswhenhewas22yearsold.InthespringoftheeighteenthyearofKangxi(1679),40-year-oldPuSonglingassembledthemanuscriptsforthefirsttimeintoabookcalled"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio",withNanGaoheng'spreface.Sincethen,therehavebeenfrequentadditions.Untilthethirty-ninthyearofKangxi(1700)andtheforty-sixthyearofKangxi(1707),therewerestillafewsupplementstothebook.Thewritingof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"lastedmorethanfortyyearsanddevotedmostofPuSongling'senergy.
Characterintroduction
NieXiaoqian
NieXiaoqianwasabeautifulfemaleghostwhoonlylivedtobe18yearsoldbeforeshediedandwasburiedinZhejiangNexttothedesolateancienttempleinthenorthofJinhuaCity,unfortunately,themonsterYakshathreatenedtoharmpeople.Later,NingCaichen,anativeofZhejiang,stayedinthemonasterytemporarily.Xiaoqianwasinstigatedbythemonsterandcametomurder,butwasmovedbytherighteousnessoftheCaichen,soshetoldthetruthtohelptheCaichenturnthecrisisintopeace.ChenchenalsotookcareofXiaoqian'strust,helpedherescapefromtheclutches,andtookherintoservehermotherandlong-illwife.Xiaoqianishardworkingandkind,andislovedbytheNingfamily.Becauseofherlong-termcontactwithlivingpeople,Xiaoqiangraduallybecamelikeanormalperson,andtheNingfamilynevermentionedheridentity.AfterNing'swifediedofillness,XiaoqianmarriedNingCaichenasaghostwife,andtheninstructedCaichentogetridoftheJinhuamonsterwhocametoretaliate.Afewyearslater,NingCaichenwasadmittedtotheJinshi,Xiaoqianalsogavebirthtoason,NingCaichenalsogavebirthtoaconcubine,Xiaoqian,andtheconcubineeachgavebirthtoason,andallthreesonsgrewup.Peopleoffame.
NingCaichen
NingCaichen,fromZhejiang,isgenerousandupright.Oneday,hestayedinanancienttempleinthenorthernsuburbsofJinhua,Zhejiang,andmetShaanxiswordsmanYanChixiaandfemaleghostNieXiaoqiansuccessively.NieXiaoqianwasdrivenbytheYashamonstertoharmothers,butshewaskindandunwillingtohelphimabuse.ThemonsterwantedtokillNingCaichen,butfortunately,withthehelpofNieXiaoqianandYanChixia,heescaped.NingCaichenalsohelpedNieXiaoqianescapefromtheclutchesofherclutches,andtookherintoservehermotherandlong-illwife.AfterNing'swifediedofillness,NingCaichenmarriedNieXiaoqianasaghostwife.Later,underNieXiaoqian'sguidance,NingCaichenusedaswordbagtodestroyYasha.Afewyearslater,NingCaichenwasadmittedtoJinshi,andNieXiaoqianalsogavebirthtoason.Afterthat,healsoacceptedaconcubine,Xiaoqian,andtheconcubineeachgavebirthtoason.Thefamilyishappy,andthethreesonshavegrownuptobecomefamouspeople.
YanChixia
YanChixiaisachivalrousmanwhodestroysdemonsanddemons.Heisupright,generousandcalm,andquiteimmortalThepostureofFengDaoBoneisamonsterwithaweirdcharacter,acharacteroffleshandblood.
LaoYaoofBlackMountain
LaoYaoofBlackMountainisthekingofthetwoworldsofmonsters,andBlackMountainisalsoasadpersonthroughtheages.Donotaskforlove,donotaskforlove,inthepastDon’tseekanymore,youwillknowthetruthwhenyoulove,andeverythingisonlybecauseofloveandaffection.Iloveyou,butyoudon'tloveme,Ibecomeademonforlove.ItissaidthattheolddemonofBlackMountainistheresultofthecondensationofresentmentandhatred.Alongtimeago,hewasoriginallyanignorantyoungman,anordinaryperson,butunexpectedeventsmadehimunabletowithstandamajorblow.Therewasnowaybuttoleave.However,becauseofthecruelheart,theresentmentwastooheavy.Iwantedrevenge,butIhadtothinkaboutit.Insteadofresentingitforalifetime,Ishouldchoosetoforgive.Livinginamountainoftenthousandmonstersthatisinfertileanduninhabitedistheheadofthetenthousandmonsters.
XinShisiNiang
XinShisiNiangisalittlefoxdemondedicatedtothecommonpeople,aladyinred,wholookslikeaworldwithoutcannibalismThefireworkfairy,althoughheisafoxdemon,iskind-hearted,andstaysinthemonasterywithhisfatherandeighteensisters.Heisnamed14thamongthenineteensisters.Sheisdedicatedtodoinggoodandaccumulatingvirtues,takingpleasureinhelpingothers,cultivatingTaoismandbecomingimmortal,andhopestopursuespiritualdetachment.
Appreciationofworks
Themeofthework
LiaoZhaiZhiyiNovelIllustrations(19photos)
"LiaoZhaiZhiYi"Abookexposesthedarknessofsocietyatthattime.Politicalcorruption,corruptofficials,abuseofofficials,tyrannicalrampages,andcharityareallreflectedin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio",revealingthatthemainreasonforthepeople'spainfullifecomesfromcorruptofficials.StrangeStoriesfromaLonelyStudio,whileexposingtherulingclass'sgreedandinhumanity,italsowroteabouttheresistanceoftheoppressedpeopleandexpresseddeepsympathyforthem.AmongthemareXiFangping("XiFangping"),who"hasnotbeenredressedforabiggrievance"("XiFangping");thereisXiangGao("XiangGao")whoeventuallybecameatigerandkilledhisenemy;andWangDing,whowentstraightintotheunderworldandkilledtwoofficialsandpawns("WuQiuyue").Thesecharacterswiththespiritofresistancehaveacertainpositiveeffectinstimulatingthestruggleconsciousnessoftheoppressed.
Anotherimportantcontentof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"istoexposeallthedrawbacksoftheimperialexamination.PuSonglingissotalentedbuthehasfallenbehind.Heisveryfamiliarwiththedarknessoftheexaminationhall,thefaintnessoftheexaminer,thepsychologyofscholars,etc.,sohecanwritetothepoint,andheisverystronginwriting.Throughsomedreamyrealms,theauthorlaughedatthosescholarswhoweresoobsessedwithfameandfortune.
Artisticfeatures
First,uselegendarymethodstokillmonsters.Traditionalmysterynovelsmostlynarratestrangethingsaboutghostsandgods.Theyareshortinlengthandonly"crudeoutlines",withsimplelanguageandnoliterarycharm.However,thelegendarynovelsoftheTangDynastyhave"thenarrativesareendless,andthewordsaregorgeous".PuSonglingborrowedthelegendaryexpertisetowritetheFlowerDemonandFoxCharm,whichmadethenovelexcitingandsubstantial,withbizarreandvividplots,andshowingextremelypsychedelictwistsandturns.
Secondly,theplotiscomposedofsongs,andthedescriptionisorderly."StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"enhancestheartisticqualityofthenovelandenrichestheformandtypeofthenovel.Oneoftheelementsofanovelistheplotofthestory.OneofthetrajectoriesoftheevolutionofclassicalChinesenovelsisfromroughoutlinetonarrativeeuphemism.Theelaboratelycomposedstoriesin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"aremostlynarrativeanddetailed,andsomechaptersareespeciallywonbytheupsanddownsofplottwistsandturns.Forexample,"WangGui'an"writesthatWangGui'anfirstmetYunniangontheriver,andshewashardtofindavisitalongtheriver.ThenshemetYunniangbyapuppetinJiangcun,butunexpectedlymetYunniangagain,butbecauseofajoke,Yunniangwasthrownintotheriver;Onthewaybackhome,IsuddenlysawthatYunNiangwasnotdead,andtherewasalotoftrouble,andalmosteverystepofthewaywas"thehillsandriversareresurrected,andthewillowsarebright.""TheLordoftheWestLake"writesthatChenBijiaofellintothewaterinDongtingLake,climbedthecliffonthefloatingwater,andranintotheforbiddengardensandpalacesofthelake.Hewasoriginallyworriedaboutthe"criminaldriveanddeath".,Tothepointofnodoubtthathewoulddie,buthesuddenlyturnedthedangertotheblessing,andturnedtheevilintotheauspicious.HebecameHujun'sson-in-law,andheenjoyedtheupsanddowns.Itcanbesaidthattheinterestoftheplotoutweighsthemeaningofthecontent.However,thisisonlyanartisticpursuitcreatedbytheauthor.Therearealsonovelsthatdonotemphasizethestorylineandevenhavenostoryin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"."YingNing"hasastoryline,butwhattheauthoristryingtoshowisYingNing'scharacter.Othercharacters,suchastheprince'sclothesthatareinfatuatedforherbeauty,andthesecludedmountainvillagewhereshelives,fullofflowersandtrees.Allofhercourtyardsaresetuptohighlightherinnocence,whichisclosetochildishness;aftertheworld,shewillberestrainedbyetiquetteandcustoms.Thisseemstobecalledacharacternovel.
"TheLadyinGreen"writesthatagirlinagreendressandalongskirtentersascholar’sstudyroom.Whathappensisonlyplainbutnotvulgarpleasures,nostory,andasmalltwistattheend.Itistoshowthatthegirlwasoriginallyabeespirit,whichseemstobecalledaprosenovel.Manychaptersthatarenottoolongarejustasnippetoflifeandwriteakindofmoodandpsychology.Forexample,"WangZi'an"isakindofillusionthatatalentedpersonhadwhenhewasdrunkanddrunkbeforeheputontherankingsafterhetookthecountrytest:Hearingsomeonereportedoneafteranother,hehadalreadytriedallthetests.To"gooutofYaoxiang",hewasridiculedbyhiswifeandson."GoldenMonk"hasnoeventsandnoplotatall.Instead,itsporadiclywritesaboutthehousestructure,interiorfurnishings,servants,travels,etc.ofamonklandlord,aswellasthegrandfuneralandfuneralafterhisdeath.Itismorelikeacharacter.closeup.Thediversificationofthetypesofworksin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"notonlyshowsthattheauthorisstillfollowingtheoldconceptofnovelswithnoclearlydefinedconnotations,sotherearealsoshortstorieswithsimplenotes,butitalsoshowsthattheauthorisalsoexploratoryandcreative.Anoveltypethatfocusesontheplotofthestory.
Manyoftheexcellentworksin"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"emphasizedthedescriptionofthecharacters'environment,behavior,andpsychologicalperformancecomparedwiththepreviousnovelsinclassicalChinese.Forallkindsofcharacters,theauthordescribestheenvironmentinwhichtheyexist,implyingtheiroriginalattributesandemphasizingtheirassignedcharacter.Forexample,"PrincessLotus"writestheprotagonist'smansion:"Stackedpavilionsandheavybuildings,tenthousandraftersareconnected,twistsandturns,Ifeelthattherearethousandsoffamilies,andtheyarenothuman."Accordingtothecharacteristicsofthehive,themansionoftheworldisliketheprincessofthelotus.Theroyalbeegenusisloomingamongthem.Atthebeginningof"LianSuo",YangYuweiwrotethat"Zhaiisinthewilderness,therearemanyancienttombsoutsidethewall,andthesoundofthewhitepoplarsareheardatnight,andthesoundislikeasurgingwave",whichsetsupagloomyenvironmentfortheappearanceoftheghostgirlLianSuo.In"YingNing",YingNingislocatedinthesecludedmountainvillage,thecourtyardwiththefragranceofbirdsandflowers,andthebrightandcleanlivingroom.Thepicturesarepaintedonebyone,andtheyareinharmonywithherbeautifulappearanceandinnocenttemperament,withsymbolicsignificance.Whenwritingcharacteractivities,itisspecificandvivid,reflectingthecharacter'smoodandpsychology,whichisalsotherareartisticstateofthepastinclassicalChinesenovels.Forexample,"PromotingWeaving"waswrittenintofame.Itcapturesthetwoplotsofpromotingweavingandfightingwithothersundertheconditionofstrictcomparabilitybythecountyorder.Itisnuancedandmakesreadersfeelmovedasiftheyhaveseenitinperson."HuaGuZi"writesthatHuaGuZilovesteenagers,simmeringwineboiling,hidinghislove,vividandfullofinterest."NieXiaoqian"writesthattheghostgirlNieXiaoqianfirstenteredNingCaichen’shouseandcanunderstandandendurehermother-in-law'swariness,andserveherwholeheartedly.ShehasattachmenttoNingCaichen,butdoesnotforceher,andfinallymakeshermother-in-lawexplainherdoubtsandturnherpreventionintolove,richinrichness.Theinnerlifeofthewomanshowsahumbleandself-containedtemperamentofawoman.Insomechapters,asceneisalsoprominentlyportrayedtoperformdifferentartisticfunctions:theexercisesofthevariousdanceteamsinthewaterpalacein"Sunset"provideanopportunityforemotionalexchangesbetweentheheroesandtheheroes;in"LaoshanTaoist",LaoshanTheillusionoftheTaoistbanquetisatestandtemptationtothehumbleking’s"catechumen"heart,andithasalsobecomeaturningpointintheplot;"FoxHarmony"focusesonthefoxgirlandseveralfrivolousscholarsridiculingeachotherTheansweringscenesdonotrevealtheirappearance,buttheirwordsandlaughterportrayarefreshing,alertandhumorouscharacter."StrangeStoriesfromaLonelyStudio"makesthenovelgobeyondthestory-basedstereotype,becomemoreplump,plump,fulloflifeinterestandliterarycharm.
Theauthorisopposedto"hard-layingandstraightforwardness".Inaddition,hewritesaboutflowers,monsters,ghostsandfoxes,whichiseasytoimagine.Therefore,manyworkshaveweirdplots,unpredictableandunpredictable.Atthesametime,theyalsohavetheirownlogic,whichisinlinewithhumanphysics.
Thethirdistodescribeabundanceandvividness.ComparedwiththepreviousnovelsinclassicalChinese,theworkemphasizesthedescriptionofthecharacter'senvironment,behavior,andpsychologicalperformance.Forexample,atthebeginningof"LianSuo",YangYuweiwrote,"Zhaiisinthewilderness,therearemanyancienttombsoutsidethewall,andthesoundofthewhitepoplarsisheardatnight,andthesoundislikeasurging.""Hongyu"writesthatHongyufirstsawFengXiangru:"Onenight,whenXiangruwassittingonthemoon,Isuddenlysawawomanfromtheeastneighborpeepingfromthewall.Lookingatit,beautiful.Close,smiling.Ibeckonmyhands,neithercomenorgo.Ifyouinsistonit,youwillpassbythestairs,andyouwillsleeptogether."Thesceneofthetwolovesbeinghappywasvividlyexpressed.
Fourthly,thelanguageisrefined,thevocabularyisrich,andthesentencestructureisrichinvariety.Forexample,in"YingNing",itiswrittenthatYingNinglovestolaugh,using"smiles","sneersneer","unstoppablelaugh","re-laughtercannotlookup","laugh","laughterbeginstoindulge",and"crazylaughter""Fall","Let'sgodownandlaugh","Smileandstop","Eatandeatintheroom,butthesoundoflaughter""Deeplaugh""Diligentsmile""LaughingYanran""Laughingextremelycan'tleanup""Laughloudly,fullTherearenolessthantwentyplacesintotal,butnooneisthesame,eachhasitsowncharacteristics,andfitsdifferentsituations.
Latergenerationsinfluence
Literaryinfluence
"StrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhai"hasdevelopedancientChineseshortstoriesinclassicalChinesetoanewheight.Fromnowon,classicalChinesenovelswillnolongerbevigorous.After"StrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhai",althoughJiYun's"YueweiThatchedCottageNotes"andsoon,itisdifficulttobecomeaclimate.
Assoonas"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"cameout,itbecamepopularallovertheworld,withreprintededitionsappearing,andannotatededitionsandcriticizededitionsappearedoneafteranother,becomingabestsellerinthenovel.Asaresult,theclassicalChinesenovelhasonceagainappearedinWeixing.Alargenumberofclassicnovelswereproducedatthistime.ShenQifeng’s"SongDuo",HeBange’s"NightTanSuilu",HaoGezi’s"Fireflies",etc.arelegend-basednotebooknovels.MostoftheworksareImitatetheworkof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".Boththeideologicalcontentandtheartisticlevelarenotasgoodas"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".
"StrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhaiStudio"wasengravedatthebeginningof1765(the30thyearofQianlong),andinthefollowing200years,thereweremanyeditionspublished.Therefore,itissaid:"Itisstreameddomestically,andthousandsofbookshaveitsownbooks.""StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"isnotonlyfar-reachinginChina,butalsohasagreatinfluenceoutsideChina.Sincethe19thcentury,therehavebeenmorethansixtyforeignlanguagetranslations,includingEnglishandGerman.Ithasbeenwrittenintotheencyclopediasofmajorcountriesintheworld,thusbecomingaworldmasterpiecewithahighreputation.
ZhangAiling'searlyworksonmarriageandfamilyarealsoobviouslyinfluencedby"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".Inherprose"ADreamofGenius,"shesaid:"Untilnow,Istilllove"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"andthetackyParisfashionreportforthisattractivewording."
Filmandtelevisionadaptations
Sincethe1920s,therehavebeenfilmandtelevisiondramasadaptedfromtheoriginalnovel,withmorethan70versions.In1927,HongKongdirectorLiBeihaireleasedafilmofthesamenamebasedon"LiaoZhaiRouge";inthe1960s,HongKongdirectorTangHuangsuccessivelyfilmed"StrangeStoriesfromaLiaoZhai","StrangeStoriesfromaLiaoZhaiSequel",and"LiaoZhaiZhiYi".DifferentThreeEpisodes,eachseriesselectedseveraloriginalstoriesforadaptation;inthe1960sand1970s,HongKongdirectorLiHanxiangsuccessivelyfilmed"AChineseGhostStory","XinShisiNiang","GhostandFoxGaiden"and"GhostCalledSpring".Inthe1980sand1990s,HongKongmartialartsfilmdirectorChengXiaodongsuccessivelydirectedandfilmed"AChineseGhostStory","AChineseGhostStory2:AChineseGhostStory"and"AChineseGhostStory3:AChineseGhostStory";in1994,directorZhangGangfilmedseparately"LiaoZhaiLegend"and"LiaoZhaiComedySeries".
Inthe21stcentury,thereare40episodesofancientcostumemagicloveTVseries"AChineseGhostStory"co-producedbyMainlandChina,HongKong,Taiwan,Singaporeandotherregionsin2003,whichwasadaptedfrom"LiaoZhai·NieXiaoqian";Since2005,mainlandChinahaslaunchedfourrelateddramas,followedby"NewStrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhai"(2005,directedbyWuJinyuan),"LiaoZhaiII"(2006,directedbyChengZhichao),and"LiaoZhaiIII"(2010,ChenYazhou,directedbyHuangZuquan,etc.),"LiaoZhaiSi"(2014,directedbyHuangZuquan,LanZhiwei,etc.);in2007,a38-episodeTVseries"LiaoZhaiStrangeWoman"producedbyShanghaiTangrenanddirectedbyLiGuoli,dividedinto"Liancheng","XiaNu","XinShisiNiang","Eunuch"fourchapters.
Inaddition,therearealargenumberoffilmandtelevisionworksadaptedfromtheoriginalworks,suchas"YinandYangJudge","HuaZi","LongFeiXiangGong","BaiQiuLian","GhostGirl","LianSuo"and"Xia"Female","FragrantJade","Axiu","PaintedSkin","LiaoZhaiFoxFairy","Non-FoxGaiden","CatchtheMonster"andsoon.
Evaluationofworks
Thetitledpoemof"StrangeStoriesfromaLonelyStudio"byWangShizhenintheQingDynasty:"Anyonewhospeaksarrogantlylistenstoit,andthepeasandmelonsareraininglikesilk.Thematerialshouldbetiredofhumanlanguage.Ilovetolistentoghostsinautumngravessingpoems(time)."
FengZhenluaninQingDynasty:"LiaoZhaiisnotthebestwritingstyle,uniquefortheages,thefirstargumentismellowandcorrect,Thereisnorebuttal.SuchasthefamousConfucianlectures,suchastheoldmonkstalkingaboutZen,suchasthefolksongeldersrecitingthepersuasionoftheworld,viewingthetruthisbeneficialtothebodyandmind,andguardsagainststubbornness.Whenitcomestoloyalty,filialpietyandrighteousness,itmakespeoplesnowy.Peoplewakeupsuddenly,andtheyaremoreaboutthebookofworldeducation."
ModernwriterLuXun:"Although"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"islikeabookofthesamekindatthetime,itisnothingmorethanataleoffairy,fox,ghost,andcharm,butitdescribesthewrongsong.,Thedescriptionisorderly,usingthelegendarymethod,andusingthestrange.Thestateofchangeisasinthepresent;oritiseasytoadjustthestring,don'ttellthestrangepeople,outofdisillusionment,suddenlyentertheworld;occasionallytelltrivialstories,alsoIt'ssoconcise,sothereaders'eyesandearsarenew....AttheendoftheMingDynasty,thegroupofZhiguaibooksismostlysimple,butalsoabsurdandunsympathetic;Mostofthemarefriendly,easytobeamiable,forgettingtobealien,butoccasionallyseefalcons,knowingandinhuman."
ModernwriterGuoMoruo:"Writingghostsanddemonsissuperiortoothers,piercinggreedandpiercingtothebones.Threepoints."
ModernwriterLaoShe:"Ghostfoxhasacharacter,laughandscoldintoanarticle."
Versioninformation
Halfmanuscript
(CollectionoftheLibraryofLiaoningProvince)
Thewholebookisdividedintoeightvolumes,withatotalof400pages.Inadditiontothethreeprefaces,therearestill237articles(reproducedfrom"ZigPo"Dragon","WoodCarvingBeauty"withessaysanduntitled),exceptforthefragmentsof"NiuTongren",therestarescatteredinvariousjournals,manuscriptsandaddenda.Thisbookisthefirst-handmaterialforthestudyof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".Fromthemanuscript,wecanseetheauthor'sthoughtdevelopmentprocessofconceptionandmodification.Itcanalsocorrectthecorruptionofvariouspublicationsandhasimportantliteraryandartisticvalue.
Inthe22ndyearoftheRepublicofChina(1933),thisbookwasusedbythePuppetManchurianYuanJinkai.24ofthemwereselectedandprintedintheKeluedition.OnevolumeofXihua'scollation.AfterthefoundingofthePeople’sRepublicofChina,inordertoinheritandcarryforwardtheexcellentancientculturalheritage,BeijingLiteratureandAncientBooksPublishingHouse,photocopiedandpublishedhalfoftheoriginalmanuscriptin1955.
Kangximanuscript(remnant)
(ShandongMuseumCollection)
Thisisabookbasedonthemanuscript,sub-volumeThesituationandorderofthepagesareidenticaltothoseofthemanuscript.ThearticleavoidstheKangxitaboo,anddoesnotavoidtheYongzhengandQianlongtaboos,andthepaperbecomesblackandbrittle,whichisobviouslytheKangximanuscript.ProbablyitwasrecordedbyZhuXiang'sfamilybasedonthemanuscriptbeforePu'sdeath.Therearefourentirevolumesinthisbook,andtheothertwofragmentedvolumes,totaling250volumes.Therearetwovolumesthatareduplicatesoftheexistinghalfofthemanuscript,namelythefirstandthirdvolumes(thefirstoneis"WineWorm").
ManuscriptsofZhuxuezhai
ManuscriptsofZhuxuezhaiandStrangeTalesofLiaozhai(3photos)
QianlongSixteenThemanuscriptofZhang’sZhuxueZhaiintheNianliCity(CollectedbyPekingUniversityLibrary)Inadditiontothethreemanuscripts,therearealsothreeprefacestothevolume,aswellasWangShizhen,anoldmanfromthefishingandoceanworld,ZhangDuqingfromKunlun,ZhuXiang,aresidentofXiangcun,ZhangXijie,afishermanfromLiantang,andJiTheinscriptionsofDongYuanduandothersoftheLufamilyareattachedtotheendofthevolumewiththepostscriptofthemasteroftheDianchunPavilionandthepostscriptoftheZhangfamily.Thebookisdividedinto12volumesandcontains488articles.Amongthem,thereare14missingarticles,whichisnearlydoubletheoriginalmanuscript.Italsohas49morearticlesthanthelaterZhaoShiqingKetingblockbuster,intermsofthetextandthearrangementorderofthearticles.,Basicallyconsistentwiththemanuscript.In1974,ShanghaiPeople'sPublishingHousephotocopiedandpublishedthisbook.
Twenty-four-volumemanuscript
Thetwenty-four-volumeoldmanuscript(collectedbyShandongPeople’sPublishingHouse)
ThisbookisTwenty-fourvolumescopiedbyAnonymous.Amongtheearlycirculatedmanuscripts,thereareonlyeight,twelveandsixteenvolumes,andtherearenotwenty-fourvolumes.Thismanuscriptwasfirstdiscoveredin1962nearZhoucun,ZiboCity.Thebookcontains474articles,whicharedifferentfromZhuxuezhai'smanuscriptintermsoftextandcontent.ThetextavoidsthetabooofEmperorQianlong’s"Hong".Accordingtoothermaterials,itisinferredthatthismanuscriptmayhavebeencopiedbetweenthe15thand30thyearsofQianlong.Thetimeisyettobeconfirmedbyfurtherresearch.Becauseitisarareandraremanuscript,itprovidesnewvaluablematerialsforthestudyof"StrangeTalesfromaLiaoZhai".ItwasphotocopiedandpublishedbyShandongQiluPublishingHousein1980.
SelectedtranscriptsofHuangYanxi
ThiseditionisinthelibraryofSichuanUniversityandisalsooneoftheearlytranscripts.Titlepagelefttitle:Mr.ZichuanPuLiuxian,largecharactersinthesealscript:StrangeStoriesfromaChineseStudio.Bottomright:RongchengHuang'sXuanyou.Theoriginalbookisdividedinto12volumes,andthereare10volumesinvolume1,volume3toeleven,andeachvolumeissignedwithninecharacters:"AncientMinHuangYanxiSihui'sOrder".ItissaidthatthisbookwasoriginallycollectedbyShanyinXieTongsheng,XianfengBroughtbooksintoSichuanduringtheyear.Therearethreearticles,"PigmouthTaoist","ZhangMu",and"Persian",whichhedoesn'thave.
TheearlyQingmanuscript"YiShi"
Thisisadifferenttitleof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio".Aftermanychaptersoftheoriginalbook,thereis"Yoshishi'sSaying",whichisPuSongling'sself-proclaimedname.Forexample,afterthe"ZhangCheng"chapter,thereis:"Yoshishisaid:"Afterhearingthismattertotheend,thetearswillfall."FengZhenluancommented:"LiuQuanisgoodtofall,andLiuQuanisthebestofnature...'"Butwhether"YiShi"isreallyanaliasfor"ZhiYi".Thereisnoconclusiveevidence.
Thewholebookisdividedinto18volumesandcontains484articles.AlthoughthereareafewarticlescomparedwithZhang'sZhuxuezhaimanuscript,thereare14articlesmissinginthisbook,whichisunique.BothYinandZheninthearticleavoidthelackofpen.TheoriginalbookwaspurchasedbyBeijingChinaBookstoreafterliberation,butitswhereaboutsareunknown.
Qingketingcarvededition
TheQingketingcarvededitionofZhaoQigaointhe31styearofQianlong(1766)(collectedbyShandongProvincialLibrary)ThisbookisTheearliestsurvivingjournal,butithasbeenhalfacenturysincethedeathoftheauthorPuSongling.ThefirstengravingwasZhaoQigao(wordQingyao,fromLaiyang,Shandong),andthesubsequentengravingwasBaoTingbo,theownerofZhiweizhai.Atthattime,ZhaoQingyaoorderedtheJudgmentofZhejiangMuzhouPrefectureandcollectedthemanuscriptscollectedbyZhengFangkun(wordLixiang,Fujian,ZengguanYanzhou,Yizhouprefect),ZhouJihe(Fujian,ZengXiaoyeatJinanLuoyuanAcademy)andothers.Layoutandengraving.However,Zhaodiedofillnesswhentheworkwasnotcompleted,hisbrotherGaoTinginvitedBaoTingbotocontinuehiscareer.Theoriginalbasiswas16volumes,andtheselectionsweredividedinto12volumes.Later,theZhaofamilyregrettedthattheycouldnotseethewholeleopard.Finally,itisstillinscribedin16volumes.Probablyduetothisreason,thebook,themanuscript,andtheZhuxuezhaiprintededitionhaveundergonemajorchangesinthecatalogingoftheentirebibliography.
Thebookcontainsatotalof425articles(49lessthanZhuxuezhai,but5canbefilledin).Althoughthearticleisnotcomplete,theimportantfamousarticleshavebeenincluded.Intermsoftext,comparedwiththemanuscript,althoughtherearesomedifferencesinindividualplaces,ingeneral,itstilldoesnotloseitsoriginalmeaningandisbasicallythesame.Becauseitwasthefirstengraving,itplayedaveryimportantroleinthespreadof"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio",whichresultedinvarioussubsequentprintsbeingcommented,annotatedandreproduced.
HeShouqi'sCommentary
(BeijingLibraryCollection)
ThisbookisacommentarybasedontheQingKetingversion.ThecriticHeShouqi,anativeofNanhai,Guangdong(lifetobetested).Beforetheoriginalbook,thereareprefacesbyTangMenglai,ZhaoQigao,andGaoHeng,examplesofZhaoBen’sengravedbooks,Liaozhai’sself-zhi,andshortbiographyofLiaozhai,followedbyinscriptionsbyWangShizhen,ZhangDuqing,andZhuXiang.Thereare16volumesinthewholebook,and"KnowingLessThantheOriginal"isengravedatthebottomofthepage,whichshowsthatitisthestyleofQingKeTing.Titlepagelefttitle:Daoguangthree-yearnewengraving,middlesection:PianDianLiaoZhaiZhiyi,lowerrighttitle:JingluntangTibetanboard.Afterthisbookwasre-engravedbyTiandetanginthefifteenthyearofDaoguang,thebookalsoengraved"KnowingLessThantheOriginal".ThereisalsoaninscriptionbyYangShenthatDaoguanghasnotembroideredGu.
LvZhan’enAnnotatedEdition
(CollectionofShandongProvincialLibrary)
Thisisthefirstonefor"StrangeTalesfromaLonelyStudio"Notethis.ThecommentatorLvZhanenhasnohistoricalrecords,butyoucangetasummaryofitfromLiangxiCaiPei’spreface:LvZhanen,thewordShuqing,alaymannamedTanlei,anativeofWendeng,Shandong,learnedfromMr.RuanYuntai,whotookthetestinJiNian,andadiscipleofthesupplementarydoctor.Becauseofrepeatedfailures,hedeterminedtomakeanotefor"LiaoZhai"inordertoexpresshisdepression.Afterthreeyears,thebookwascompleted(thatis,thefiveyearsofDaoguang).Lu'snotesstopatthetextualresearchanddonotcommentontheclumsinessofthetext.Suchastheresumeofthecharactersinthebook,thepurposeandsourceoftheentry,thepronunciationandmeaningofaword,etc.,whichareofgreatbenefittoreaders.Thisnoteismoredetailed,especiallythepeopleandeventsofShanzuo,becauseitisbecauseofthelocalpeople.Itisnotedthatthereareerrorsorpointsthatshouldbenotedbutnotnoted.Thisbookonlypublishesannotationsanddoesnotcontaintheoriginaltext.Soon,KuiWentangaddedanothervolumeandre-engravedit.Itwasextendedtothe23rdyearofDaoguanginWuyunlou,Guangdong,whenLuZhuwasengravedwiththeoriginaltext.Inthe26thyearofDaoguang,itwasre-engravedbySanrangtang.Lu'sannotationsweremoreinfluential,andlaterZhujiafang'seditionsmostlyusedhisannotationsandengravings.IntheearlyyearsofGuangxu,TiechengGuangbaiSongzhai,ShanghaiTongwenBureau,Hongbaozhai,etc.continuedtopublishdrawingbooks.
HeTongwenengravedHeYinannotatededition
(CollectionofShandongProvincialLibraryandothers)
ThisisthesecondTwonotebooks.HeYinisanativeofJiangning,andhislifeisunknown.AccordingtoChenYuanfu'spreface,"HeJunisgoodatwritingandimaginativewriting,andhehasalotofeloquence.Everychantmustbeshown,andagoodbookmustberead.Thefavoritewords."WhydidHeYinwriteNote,thereisalsoanexplanationinhispreface:"ReadingStrangeTalesfromtheLiaoZhai,thatis,Iregretthatthereisnocomment.IfIseemyfriends,Iwillusetheoneortwothatiseasytoknow.Juanyu."Henotesandaccentedreading,thisisastepfurtherthanLunotes.However,becauseHeYindidnotseeLuZhu'sbook,therearesomeimportantpointsinthebook.HeandLu’scommentshavetheirowncharacteristicsandstrengths,butLu’scommentismoredetailedthanHe’s,soHe’scommentisnotmuchreproduced,andthecirculationisnottoowide.Thebookisdividedintoupperandlowercolumns,uppercolumnnotes,andlowercolumnoriginaltext.ThereareprefacesbyHeYin,ShenDaokuan,ChenYuanfu,etc.,aswellasHeTong'spostscript,titlepagetitle:DaoguangJihai,BancunHuamuEvergreenMuseum.Therefore,itisalsocalled:thecarvededitionoftheEvergreenMuseumofFlowersandTrees.
DanMingluncommentedonZhuMooverprints
(CollectionofShandongProvincialLibrary)
ThisisafterWangandHeAnothercommentary.ButMinglun,anativeofGuangshun,Guizhou,seeshisbiographyin"RecordsofGuangshunPrefecture".Intheprefaceofthebook,heenteredthe"Ciyuan"inthe24thyearofJiaqing,andsuccessivelycodedChuandZhejiangexaminations.Addsomeessaystothebook,containingconjectures,putitintheline,andmakeitforthefriendWangXuantangtoseeit.Itissaidthatitisnotonlytorevealitsroots,buttoweathertheheartsofthepeople,anditisreallyhelpful.Thepaymentofthepaymenthasfailed.ZhangTongxiangobserves,YuYingxianisincharge,YeSuanisfilialtoallhisfriends,andhepublishesandpublishesitforpublicgood."Thewholebookcontainsseveralarticles,basedontheoriginalZhaoShiqingKeting,andprintedwithtwocolorsofink-printedcommentsonthemaintext,whichismoreorganizedandclear.However,thecommentarywasvaluedbypeopleandhadagreaterimpact.Later,itwasprintedandreproduced.AlthoughthisbookwasengravedinDaoguang,thelasttwowereburnedbyBingxiuandlostalot.AtthebeginningofXianfeng,MuDiyuanhadrevisedtheedition.
Three-coloroverprintedcopyofthefourco-reviews
(CollectionofSichuanProvincialLibrary)
ThiseditionisthefirsttoengraveWangShizhen,FengZhenluan,HeShouqi,DanMinglunfourreviewsinonebook.ThethreecriticsofWang,He,andDanhavealreadysettheirminds,butFengPinghasnotdisclosedthem.FengZhenluan,anativeofZiyuanVillage,Fuling,Sichuan,accordingtoYuKun'spreface,hewasonce"anofficialShenLi,butacoldfeltdyingold."Hewasprobablyalsoalifelongliterati."NotesonRedPepperMountainHouse","PianyunShihua"andotherpublicationshavebeenpublishedintheworld.FengmadeareviewinJiaqinginthetwenty-threeyears,andheclaimed:"Ihavetriedandreadthereviews,andeverytimeIknowhowtounderstand,Idon'tusepan-language,andheclaimstobeabletograsptheauthor'sitchypoints."Hisreviewmethodisalsoverygood.Peculiar,"Afterameal,afterdrinking,afteradream,rainy,sunny,spent,orafterafriendtalks,orforthefirsttimefromalongtrip,youcaneasilyandcountthelines,theyarealluniqueandunderstandableanddonotmakepublicstatements."Fengalsowrotethearticle"ReadingLiaozhaiMiscellaneous",whichgaveacomprehensiveandgeneraldiscussionof"LiaoZhai"andhisbookandvariousreviews.Later,someonehadacomparativecomment:“YuyangcommentedonTailue,Yuancun’scommentistoodetailed.Yuyangisamixedstyleofcriticismandhistory,andYuancunseemstocriticizeessaysandnovels.Theyhavetheirownwords,buttheyhavenosimilarities.ButLiaoZhaiisfaraway.Thevillagecriticizedit,andthespiritgrew,andthegeneralsituationwasadded."AfterFengmadethecomment,JianNanhuangobservedandappreciatedit.Hewantedtopublishitbutfailed.Later,itspreadwidelyinSichuanintheformofcopying.UntiltheseventeenthyearofGuangxu,itwaspublishedforthefourreviewsofHeyangYukunhui.Thebookconsistsof16volumes.Thebookisdividedintoupper,middleandlowercolumns,thesecondcolumnoftheuppermiddleandthesecondcolumnofcomments,andthelowercolumnofthemaintext,precededbythe"HeyangYu'sSchoolJournal".InthelastyearofGuangxu,ChongqingYideShanfangalsowroteitaccordingly.Reengraved.
LiaozhaiZhiyihuiSchoolMeetingCommentaryEdition
"LiaozhaiZhiyihuiSchoolMeetingCommentaryEdition",or“ThreeMeetings”forshort本”、张友鹤著，收录491篇，中华书局1962年初版，上海古籍出版社1978年版，四册，后又曾相继出过上下二册的精装本以及普及本等。
张友鹤先生以半部手稿本和铸雪斋抄本为主要底本详尽会校、会评和会注的“三会本”，为《聊斋志异》的研究起了开创性作用。20世纪60年代由中华书局出版后，便备受学者专家和读者的关注，迄今此一版本仍有相当参阅价值。限于时代条件，当时未有机会见到后来发现的二十四卷抄本以及更全和更为接近原稿的《异史》，因而此一版本的缺点和不足也就显露出来。
全本新注聊斋志异
《全本新注聊斋志异》，朱其铠著，三册，494篇，人民文学出版社1986年版，后曾多次印刷。
朱其铠20世纪六十年代初开始整理、研究《聊斋志异》，曾参加当时山东省所承担的研究项目“聊斋志异选注”的校勘和注释工作；后来，完成的书稿毁于“文革”。十年动乱后，重新对《聊斋志异》作选编评注和全书整理工作，先后整理出版《聊斋志异选》（合作）和《全本新注聊斋志异》（主编）两部书稿。1984年出版的选注本，选录长文百篇，每篇作祥注、简评。1989年出版的全注本，注文约八十万字，其底本和校本均用抄本，个别文字参校刻本，较之“三会本”，计增补“异史氏曰”八条，增补“附则”三条（至今修订版又新增一条），全书共收494篇，附录佚文四篇（修订版改为三篇）。《全本新注聊斋志异》是建国后，《聊斋志异》第一个全新注本，被收入人民文学出版社的“中国古典文学读本丛书”。
全校会注集评聊斋志异
《全校会注集评聊斋志异》，任笃行会校会评，三册，精装，山东齐鲁书社2000年出版。
《聊斋志异》手稿在辽宁博物馆展出
《聊斋志异》手稿是由蒲松龄后人捐赠给国家，现存于辽宁省图书馆，并已入选《国家珍贵古籍名录》。
作者简介
蒲松龄（1640—1715），字留仙，一字剑臣，号柳泉，世称聊斋先生，淄川（今山东淄博）人，清代文学家。早年即有文名，但始终未中举，直至七十一岁才援例为贡生。长期为塾师、幕友，郁郁不得志，所著文言短篇小说集《聊斋志异》在中国文学史上有重要地位。亦工诗文，著作有《聊斋文集》《聊斋诗集》。
