Censored by Confucius: Ghost Stories by Yuan Mei

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Stories by Theme
Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
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
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
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 Equally 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
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
About the Translators