#278 - Strange Tales IX.2_ To Mortal Strife

The History of China Podcast

A hefty second helping of weird, whimsical, wondrous, and wicked tales of the supernatural from the Zhou, Han, Liu Song, Yuan, and Qing Dynasties, for evenings when leaves quake from branches & the walls between the worlds grows thin. 0:00:00 - "Finishing Jiao's Poem" By: The One Within the Mound (Tr. Larry Hammer & Chris Stewart). 0:02:51 - "The Taoist Monk" Liaozhai Zhiyi, vol. 3. 0:09:57 - "A Report From the Qin Imperial Envoy At Xicheng, Gan Zong" Baopuzi. 0:11:33 - "The Ghoul" Shuyiji. 0:14:23 - "The Devil's Advocate" Liaozhai zhiyi, vol. 3. 0:21:57 - "REPORT: Flock of Bears Goes Rogue" Xu Yijian zhi. 0:23:13 - "The Face-Stealer" Shuyiji. 0:26:39 - "Manfox/Foxman" Liaozhai zhiyi, vol. 10.