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Pu Songling (1640- 17 15) was born in the 13th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty-the 54th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty. He was also known as a sword minister and an alias of Liu Quan laity. He was also known as Mr. Liao Zhai, an outstanding writer and novelist in the Qing Dynasty, and was born in Pujiazhuang, Zichuan County, Shandong Province (now hongshan town, Zichuan District, Zibo City). Born into a declining landlord family. 19 years old, a boy, famous for being the first in the three exams of county, state and road. He is a doctoral student. However, it was not until 7 1 year old that he became a tribute student. Forced by life, he was invited by Sun Hui, a fellow villager in Baoying County, to visit his home for several years. I mainly worked as a teacher in Bijia, Xipu Village, this county, and studied for nearly 40 years until I was 7 1 year old. 17 15 (fifty-fourth year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty) died in the first month. The world calls him "Mr. Liaozhai". Guo Moruo's evaluation of him is that "writing people and ghosts is superior, and stabbing greed and stabbing abuse is three points."

Pu Songling was keen on imperial examinations all his life, but he was always frustrated. At the age of 72, he was a tribute student, so he was deeply touched by the irrationality of the imperial examination system. He completed 8 volumes of 49 1 Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in his life, with about 400,000 words. The content is rich and colorful, and the stories are mostly taken from folklore and anecdotes of unofficial history, personifying and socializing things in the world of flowers, foxes and ghosts, fully expressing the author's love, hate and good ideals. The works inherit and develop the excellent tradition and expression techniques of the legendary literature of strange stories in China literature, with fantastic plot, ups and downs, concise writing and orderly narration, and are regarded as the highest achievement collection of China's ancient short stories. Mr. Lu Xun said in "A Brief History of Chinese Novels" that this book is "the most famous one in the special collection"; Mr. Guo Moruo wrote an inscription for Pu's former residence, praising Pu's book "writing ghosts and writing demons is superior, stabbing greed and stabbing abuse"; Lao She also commented on Pu's "Ghost foxes have personality, which makes them laugh and scold".