 A 1926 edition of Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations | |
| Author | Ji Yun |
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| Original title | 閱微草堂筆記 |
| Language | Classical Chinese |
| Genre | Zhiguai Biji |
Publication date | 1800[1] |
| Publication place | China |
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| Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 閱微草堂筆記 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 阅微草堂笔记 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations | ||||||
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Notes of the Thatched Abode of Close Observations (Chinese: 閱微草堂筆記; pinyin: Yuèwēi cǎotáng bǐjì), also translated as Random Jottings from the Cottage of Close Scrutiny and Fantastic Tales By Ji Xiaolan, is a collection of purportedly true supernatural stories compiled by Qing Dynasty scholar-official Ji Yun.[2] Roughly comprising 1,200 entries, the majority of Ji's stories were collected from his friends and colleagues. Others were based on his own experiences during childhood and encounters during the course of his long official career.[3]
- ^ Fang, Chao-Yang (1943). . In Hummel, Arthur W. Sr. (ed.). Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.
- ^ Chan, Leo Tak-Hung (1993). "Narrative as Argument: The Yuewei caotang biji and The Late Eighteenth-Century Elite Discouse on The Supernatural". Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies. 53 (1): 25–62. doi:10.2307/2719467.
- ^ Pollard, David, ed. (2014). Real Life in China at the Height of Empire: Revealed by the Ghosts of Ji Xiaolan. Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. p. xii-xxx. ISBN 9629966018.