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Author Yun, Chi

Title Shadows in a Chinese Landscape : Chi Yun's Notes from a Hut for Examining the Subtle
Published Armonk : Taylor and Francis, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (188 pages)
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; I. Tales about Chi Yün's Household; 1. Lord Ai-t'ang's Hobby; 2. Lions; 3. Grandmother Ch'en; 4. Taking Care of Servants; 5. Anomalies; 6. The Wetnurse's Tale; 7. My Aunt; 8. Home for the Examinations; 9. Sister Hui; 10. My Dog, Quattro; 11. Miss Kuo; 12. Miss Shen; 13. Her Ominous Poem; 14. Wen-luan; 15. My Nephew's Widow; 16. My Daughter-in-Law; 17. My Daughter; 18. My Nephew; 19. My Son's Last Words; 20. Corrections; II. Tales from Members of Chi Yün's Household; 21. Scholarly Auras; 22. By the Book
23. Latter Day Disciples24. Metamorphosis?; 25. Ghost Hunter; 26. Tiger Hunters; 27. The Machine Gun; 28. Eating Cats; 29. The Cook; 30. The Gig; 31. Value Judgments (I); 32. Value Judgments (II); 33. A Shansi Merchant; 34. The Heart; 35. Famine; III. Tales about Chi Yün's Colleagues; 36. Getting Directions; 37. A Ghost on the Book of Changes; 38. A Fox on Sagehood; 39. Stupid Magpies; 40. Location; 41. The Crossbow; 42. Taboos; 43. Mixed Success; 44. The Foxes' Gift; 45. Position; 46. Forebodings; IV. Tales from Chi Yün's Colleagues; 47. Life as a Pig; 48. The Hermit Ghost
49. Infernal Discourse50. Fearless of Ghosts; 51. Fox Tenants; 52. Fox Teacher; 53. Ghostly Review; 54. A Ghost on Goodness; 55. Handicapping; 56. Quadra-savers; 57. Unbeliever Mocked; 58. Ingrates in Hell; 59. Judicial Delays; 60. Master Han; 61. Saved by the Mirror; 62. The Naked Ghost; 63. The Cold Ghost; 64. Temptation; 65. The Faithful Ghost; 66. Soul Switching; 67. Black Magic; 68. An Evening of Fox Tales; 69. Two Near Suicides; 70. Fox Cure; 71. What Foxes Want (I); 72. What Foxes Want (II); 73. The Fickle Singer; 74. Another Fickle Fox -- 75. Delusions; 76. Appearances
77. The Imposter78. The Wrong Subpoena; 79. The Mirror of Deeds; 80. Infernal Harrassment; 81. Mother-in-Law Problems; 82. Abortion; V. Tales from and about Chi Yün's Neighbors; 83. Irking the Saints; 84. The Sunken Lions; 85. Suicide Prevention; 86. Eating Clerks; 87. Altruism Rewarded; 88. The Farm Wife and the Official; 89. A Lonely Ghost; 90. Haunted Cedars; 91. Mercenary Teachers; 92. A Ghost on the Three Teachings; 93. The Neo-Confucian Conscience; 94. Filial Transformation; 95. Yeti; 96. Punished by the Temple God; 97. Saved by the Temple God; 98. Defeating Rebels
99. Roots of Rebellion100. Revenge; 101. The Rebels' Ghosts; 102. Unfilial Animals; 103. A Failed Suicide; 104. Kuo Liu; 105. Balancing Good and Evil; 106. Lü the Fourth; 107. Man Ao's Daughter; 108. Another Woman from Ho-chien; 109. San-pao and Ssu-pao; 110. Breaking off an Engagement; 111. The Mysterious Kidnapping; 112. Dream Wife; Appendices; Chi Yün's Prefaces; Two Accounts in the Ch'iu-p'ing hsin-yü; Finding Lists; Bibliography
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Author Keenan, David
Keenan, David L
ISBN 9781315293127
1315293129