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The following is a list of supernatural beings in Chinese folklore and fiction originating from traditional folk culture and contemporary literature.
The list includes creatures from ancient classics (such as the Discourses of the States, Classic of Mountains and Seas, and In Search of the Supernatural) literature from the Gods and Demons genre of fiction, (for example, the Journey to the West, and Investiture of the Gods), as well as works from the Records of the Strange genre (for example Pu Songling's Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and What the Master Would Not Discuss).
This list contains supernatural beings who are inherently "evil" or that tend towards malevolence, such as ghosts and demons, hobgoblins and sprites, and even some ambivalent deities. [1][2][3] It also includes uncanny or eerie entities that are not necessarily evil or harmful, but which evoke a sense of alienation.
- ^ The novel Zhǎn guǐ chuán (斬鬼傳; ''Story of Slaying Demons'') by the Qing dynasty writer Liu Zhang (劉璋). See Chinese Wikisource.
- ^ 徐祖祥 [Xu, Zuxiang] (25 December 2009). 论瑶族道教的教派及其特点 [Discussion on the various sects of Taoism followed by the Yao people and the sects' characteristics] (in Simplified Chinese). 中国瑶族网 (China Yao People Website). Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ 大正新脩大藏經 第二十一冊 [Taisho Tripitaka Vol. 21] (in Traditional Chinese). 中華電子佛典協會 [Chinese Buddhist Electronic Text Association]. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2013.