Reflection of real life through the bizarre and supernatural in the classic prose of the far east

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AbstractThe article is a reflection of the classic prose of the Far East on the pages of "Description of the miraculous from the Liao cabinet" by Pu Songling. The article examines a collection of works by Pu Songling, who wrote under the pseudonym Liao Zhai, who is the keeper of the legends of the ancient Chinese language. This paper presents an analysis of several collections of Liao Zhai, which are a box of the unusual and supernatural, the threads of which stretch into the real world of magical characters. In the article, Pu Songling's book is interpreted as unique, since the stories are filled with meaning and reveal the vices of the human essence for the reader.

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10.5958/2249-7137.2021.00132.4

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