Pu Songling

Pu Songling
Born(1640-06-05)5 June 1640
Zibo, Shandong, Ming China
Died25 February 1715(1715-02-25) (aged 74)
OccupationWriter
LanguageClassical Chinese
NationalityChinese
PeriodQing dynasty
SubjectChinese literature
Notable worksStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi)
Pu Songling
Traditional Chinese蒲松齡
Simplified Chinese蒲松龄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPú Sōnglíng
Wade–GilesP'u2 Sung1-ling2
IPA[pʰǔ sʊ́ŋ.lǐŋ]

Pu Songling (Chinese: , 5 June 1640 – 25 February 1715) was a Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty, best known as the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai zhiyi).[1]

  1. ^ Judith T. Zeitlin, Historian of the strange: Pu Songling and the Chinese classical tale (Stanford University Press, 1993).