Project Gutenberg 2008-12-09 Public domain in the USA. 121 Yue, Jun 1766 1814 樂鈞 耳食錄 Er shi lu Reading ease score: 92.9 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Wei-Jung Chang "Ershi Lu" by YUE Jun is a collection of supernatural tales and anecdotal fables likely written in the late imperial period of China. The text intertwines folklore, fantasy, and reality to explore human emotions and societal norms through various imaginative narratives. The opening of "Ershi Lu" introduces readers to a series of prefaces and prologues celebrating the collection's creative and whimsical nature. The first section provides insight into the author's thoughts and intentions for the book, emphasizing themes of memory and the exploration of extraordinary experiences. Following this, the initial stories revolve around the themes of love, loss, and the supernatural, featuring characters who encounter ghosts, spirits, and strange occurrences that challenge their understanding of life and relationships. The narratives are rich with poetic language, evoking a blend of humor, tragedy, and philosophical reflection as they set the stage for the fantastical tales to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 295404 295344 2024-10-11T14:48:14.776807 2023-09-12T07:08:29.257008 text/html text/html 295397 295337 2024-10-11T14:48:15.007833 2023-09-12T07:08:29.388995 text/html text/html 190846 2024-10-11T14:48:19.269909 application/epub+zip 193264 2024-10-11T14:48:16.662805 application/epub+zip 193264 2024-10-11T14:48:15.592813 application/epub+zip 353140 2024-10-11T14:48:21.262802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 345911 2024-10-11T14:48:18.669963 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330978 2022-09-12T14:47:56.193268 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286688 2024-10-11T14:48:14.524848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 286550 2021-01-04T11:49:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 145451 2021-01-04T11:49:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18226 2024-10-11T14:48:21.385773 application/rdf+xml 7764 2024-10-11T14:48:16.123803 image/jpeg 2396 2024-10-11T14:48:15.860824 image/jpeg 190331 2024-10-11T14:48:15.034816 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog