| "Stealing Peaches" | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short story by Pu Songling | |||
 19th-century illustration from Xiangzhu liaozhai zhiyi tuyong (Liaozhai Zhiyi with commentary and illustrations; 1886) | |||
| Original title | 偷桃 (Tou tao) | ||
| Translator | Sidney L. Sondergard (2009) | ||
| Country | China | ||
| Language | Chinese | ||
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| Publication | |||
| Published in | Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio | ||
| Media type | Print (Book) | ||
| Publication date | 1740 | ||
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"Stealing Peaches" (Chinese: 偷桃; pinyin: Tōu Táo), also variously translated as "The Peach Theft",[1] "Theft of the Peach",[2] "Stolen Peaches",[3] and "Stealing a Peach",[4] is a short story by Pu Songling, first published in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740). It is told in first person by Pu himself, and revolves around a magic trick similar to the Indian rope trick; Pu claims to have witnessed it personally as a child.
- ^ Wang 2017, p. 27.
- ^ Giles 1880, p. 186.
- ^ Hammond 2006, p. 216.
- ^ Minford 2006, p. 43.