Pu Songling (1640-1715), of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a total of 498 romantic short stories in classic Chinese during 40 years. This is a great miracle in the history of Chinese literature. The writer bravely exposed social contradictions and evils, severely criticized the false, the bad and the ugly, and highly praised the true, the good and the beautiful through his vivid stories about the ghosts, foxes, spirits, monsters, immortals and common...