Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio

1766 short story collection by Pu Songling
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Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio
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Summary

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,870 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Pu Songling[3]
  • Genre: Zhiguai xiaoshuo[4], chuanqi[5]
  • Commons category: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio[6]
  • Language of work or name: Classical Chinese[7]
  • Country of origin: Qing dynasty[8]
  • Publication date: 1740[9]
  • Has edition or translation: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, 3rd edition[10]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio[11]
  • Described by source: Literary Encyclopedia 1929—1939[12]
  • Topic has template: Template:Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio[13]
  • Title: 聊齋誌異[14]
  • Has characteristic: posthumous work[15]
  • Derivative work: A Chinese Ghost Story[16], Mural[17], Q141830327[18]
  • Copyright status: public domain[19]
  • Form of creative work: short story collection[20], collection of fairy tales[21]
  • P14541: 34ytiY[22], 1GRbgE[23]

Why It Matters

Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2h ago · Funkhauser · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cdo', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'no', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv',
    Sitelink count → 25
    Derivative work → A Chinese Ghost Story, Mural, Q141830327
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  2. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 34ytiY, 1GRbgE
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  3. 20w ago · Mcampany · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ndl authority id → 00627811
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  4. 20w ago · Funkhauser · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Goodreads work id → 149666
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