聊斋志异选择_（清）蒲松龄原著.pdf

Selected Translations fromPu SonglingsSTRANGE STORIES OFLIAOZHAIbyMo RuogiangMo Zunzhong Mo Zunjun清)蒲松龄原著聊斋志异选译美苦强、莫遵中、美递均评外语教学与研究出版社PrefaceThis collection is a new English translation of thetwenty best loved stories from Pu SonglingsLiaozhaishivi,a classic of Chinese literature which isas widely read in China as are the tales of The ArabianNights in the English-speaking world.In the process of our work on the new translationwe have referred to the old and the not so old transla-tions by others.We have benefited not a little fromtheir work,and we gratefully acknowledge ourindebtedness to them.We have not,however,hesitatedto attempt some improvements wherever we noticedinaccuracies or infelicities in the renderings of our pre-decessors.Our heartfelt thanks go to Mrs.Jude Carlson,who undertook to read the whole book in manuscriptand made numerous valuable suggestions,most ofwhich have been incorporated in the text with grati-tude.专We hope that this little volume will be readily intel-lgible and enjoyable to all readers,Chinese andforeign alike.This collection is a new English translation of thetwenty best from Pu Songlings Liaozhaizhiyi,a classicof chinese literature which is as widely read in Chinaas are The Arabian Nights in the English-speakingworld.In the course of our work on the new translation