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Which series of short stories, written by Pu Songling in the early Qing dynasty under the title 'Liaozhai Zhiyi', is a collection of nearly 500 tales of ghosts, fox-spirits and supernatural encounters written in classical Chinese?
Answer: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio — Pu Songling's 'Strange Tales' (Liaozhai Zhiyi), completed around 1679, uses supernatural beings—especially sympathetic fox-women—to satirise corrupt officials, the examination system and social hypocrisy.
- A Journey to the West
- B Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio ✓
- C Investiture of the Gods
- D What the Master Would Not Discuss
Pu Songling's 'Strange Tales' (Liaozhai Zhiyi), completed around 1679, uses supernatural beings—especially sympathetic fox-women—to satirise corrupt officials, the examination system and social hypocrisy.