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 In the period of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty, a poor scholar called Pu
Songling struggled for all his life to pass the imperial examination but ended up in
failure, so he expressed his sorrows and dissatisfaction using "Stories of Ghosts and
Foxes", leaving a "book of loneliness and indignation", that is, the book
of eternal charm, Liao Zhai Zhi Yi (The Tales of Fox Fairies and Ghosts). "Ghosts and
foxes all have their character, and laughing and scolding all become fine essays",
the book takes the reader into a world of fox ghosts and goblins, displaying the cultural
mentality and folk customs of the Chinese nation. The Tales of Fox Fairies and Ghosts has
depicted all kinds of charming love stories and portrayed a series of vivid female
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