Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, in addition to the advantages of style and plot, contains a very excellent moral. The intention of most of them is, in the actual words of T'ang Meng-lai, "to glorify virtue and to censure vice,"-always, it must be borne in mind, according to the Chinese and not to a European interpretation of these terms. As an addition to our knowledge of the folk-lore of China, and as an apercu of the manners, customs, and social life of that vast Empire, my translation of the Liao-Chai may not be wholly devoid of interest. The amusement and instruction I have myself derived from the task thus voluntarily imposed has already more than repaid me for the pains I have been at to put this work before the English public in a pleasing and available form.
- ISBN10 1304462617
- ISBN13 9781304462619
- Publish Date 21 September 2013
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English