'The one hundred-some stories depict the important role ghosts played in the lives of the Chinese, as well as revealing a great deal about sex, revenge, transvestism, corruption, and other topics banned by Mei's puritanical mid-Qing society'. -- Reference & Research Book News.

Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei (New Studies in Asian Culture)

Tzu pu yü

Zi bu yu

edited and translated with an introduction by Kam Louie and Louise Edwards

Mei, Yuan, Louie, Kam, Edwards, Louise, Mei, Yuan

Yuan Mei; Kam Louie; Louise Edwards

Mei, Yuan., Yuan, Mei

袁枚, 1716-1798, author

Mei Yüan, Yuan, Mei

Yuan, Mei, Mei Yüan

M. E. Sharpe Incorporated

Sharpe Professional

East Gate Book

Routledge

New studies in Asian culture, Armonk, N. Y, London, Eng, New York State, 1995

Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), London, 2015

New studies in Asian culture, London, 2015

United States, United States of America

An East Gate book, Armink, NY, 1996

January 1996

1, PS, 1996

"East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references.
"East gate book"--T.p. verso.

(cont.) A Fox Fairy Plays Guanyin For Three Years -- Butterfingered Scholar Wu -- The Patriarch Of Fox Fairies -- Swindled By The Earth God's Wife -- The Good Little Ghost -- The Ghosts Who Pretended They Could Speak Mandarin -- The City God Gets Drunk -- Two Great Ways To Deal With Ghosts -- The Immortal Prostitute -- Zhang Youhua -- A Ghost Borrows An Official Title For A Daughter's Marriage -- The Bear -- Two Corpses Make Love In The Wilderness -- King Buffalo Head -- The Muddleheaded Ghost -- The Ghost That Stood In Awe Of The Powerful -- The Lovesick Ghost -- Thunder Strikes The Earth God -- Zhang Guangxiong -- The Blue-capped Demon -- Cousin Raccoon -- An Imprisoned Ghost -- A Fox Fairy And A Ghost Invade The Stomach -- The Immortal Fox Fairy Hangs Itself -- Ghosts Hate Poverty -- Xiao Fu -- A Jeweled Pagoda Formed By Ghosts -- The Land Without Doors -- Scholar Song -- Scholar Zhuang -- Little Mischief Deputy Prefect Li -- Scholar Cai -- Revenge Of The Skull -- General Zhao Spears The Cheeky Monster -- The Magistrate Of Pingyang -- Tricking The Thunder God -- Ghosts Are Afraid Of Those Unafraid Of Death -- Scholar Qiu -- Ghosts Have Only Three Tricks -- Master Chen Qingke Blows The Ghost Away -- The Tall Ghost Is Captured -- The Lady Ghost Of The Western Garden -- A Sentry Is Struck By Lightning -- In Which Hunters Expurgate The Fox Fairies -- The Goats Who Fulfilled Their Fate -- Capturing A Ghost -- Mr. Xu -- The Hairy People Of Qin -- The Human Ape -- The Human Prawn -- The Duck's Lover -- The Spirit Of The Turtle Stone -- Ghosts Who Play With Firecrackers May Burn Themselves -- Kaxiong -- Freak Wind -- The Old Woman Who Was Transformed Into A Wolf -- A Loyal Dog Makes Use Of Another Dog's Body -- Leng Qiujiang -- The Nailed-up Specter Makes Good Her Escape -- The Messenger Of Death Who Loved His Wine (cont.) Commander Wang -- The Sea Monster Of Jiangxi -- The Sparrows Repay A Debt Of Kindness -- Quan Gu -- A Ghost Is Chased Off By A Ghost -- The Folding Immortal -- Demons Are Terrified Of Rationalism -- Spiritual Man Luo Catches The Wrong Demon -- The Thunder God Strikes Wang San -- Memories Of Suiyuan -- The Cool Old Man -- A Tiger Steals The God Of Literature's Head -- Revenge On The Warrior Of The Flowers -- The Wooden Guardsmen -- A Woman Transforms Into A Man -- The Prince Of Guazhou -- Yang Er -- Helping A Ghost Get Revenge -- A Donkey Helps Solve A Strange Case -- Scholar Zhang -- The Reincarnation Of Cai Jing -- Hanging Onto The Ears Of A Tiger -- Animals And Humans Are Equallly Unpredictable -- A Ghost Buys Herself A Son -- Poor Ghosts Haunt, Rich Ghosts Don't Bother -- Revenge Of The Wronged Wife -- A Ghost Makes An Offering Of Dumplings -- You Don't Have To Be Virtuous To Become A God (cont.) In Which The Ghost Sues Her Loved One -- Elder Brother Ding -- Miss Wang Er -- Double Blossom Temple -- The Female Impersonator -- Tools Of The Sex Trade -- Stealing Ginseng -- Stealing A Painting -- Stealing A Pair Of Boots -- Stealing A Wall -- Daylight Ghosts. Edited And Translated With An Introduction By Kam Louie And Louise Edwards. East Gate Book--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References.

The 18th-century Chinese poet, Yuan Mei, also wrote some short fiction - "Censored by Confucius" - which is reproduced here. The stories offer insights into the Mei's views on crime, sex, the status of women, homosexuality, miscarriage of justice, ghosts, revenge and conservative morality.