Pu Songling was born on April 16th, 13th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (AD 65438+June 5th, 0640) and died on January 22nd, 54th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (AD 65438 +0765438+February 25th, 2005). He is a Han nationality and a writer in Qing Dynasty.
The King of China's Short Stories. Born in a declining landlord family, he was keen on the imperial examination all his life until he went to Qingzhou to test tribute at the age of 72, and he was a tribute student at the age of 18. So I am deeply touched by the irrationality of the imperial examination system. He completed 8 volumes of 49 1 Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in his life, with about 400,000 words.
The content is rich and colorful, and the stories are mostly taken from folklore and anecdotes of unofficial history, personifying and socializing things in the world of flowers, foxes and ghosts, fully expressing the author's love, hate and good ideals.
The works inherit and develop the excellent tradition and expression techniques of the legendary literature of strange stories in China literature, with fantastic plot, ups and downs, concise writing and orderly narration, and are regarded as the highest achievement collection of China's ancient short stories.
After Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio was written, Pu Songling was unable to publish it because of his poor family. Wang Shizhen, a fellow countryman, thought highly of Pu Songling, and hired him to write an inscription for Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "If you listen to rumors, it will rain like silk in the bean shed. I should be tired of talking, and I like to listen to autumn grave ghosts singing poems. "
The thirty-first year of Qing Qianlong (AD 1766) was published in the world. After repeated reprints, there are more than 30 versions at home and abroad. Famous versions include hanger-on Pavilion Edition and Zhu Xuezhai Edition, and nearly 20 countries have published their translations.