《Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio》是清代蒲松齡（1640-1715）文言小說集《聊齋志異》的英譯本，由香港公開大學漢學家閔福德（John Minford）翻譯，Penguin Classics於2006年出版。全書收錄104篇故事，閔福德自1988年開始翻譯，歷時多年完成。
該譯本以人鬼狐妖、道士施法、輪迴轉世等奇幻情節為核心，結合原作的優雅文言風格與精妙敘事，呈現虛實交織的奇幻世界。譯者通過調整敘事視角與副文本設計，弱化原作的社會批判主題，轉而突出故事的荒誕性與異域色彩，構建'虛幻東方想像'。書中包含《狐戀》《變形記》等經典篇目，並附有萬字導讀及譯者注。
基本介紹
- 作者：Pu Songling
- 出版時間：2006年10月
- 出版社：Penguin Classics
- 頁數：608 頁
- ISBN：9780140447408
- 定價：17.00 美元
- 裝幀：Paperback
- 原作品：聊齋志異
- 叢書：Penguin Classics
內容簡介
線上閱讀本書 The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous i...(展開全部) 線上閱讀本書 The Strange Tales of Pu Songling (1640-1715) are exquisite and amusing miniatures that are regarded as the pinnacle of classical Chinese fiction. With their elegant prose, witty wordplay and subtle charm, the 104 stories in this selection reveal a world in which nothing is as it seems. Here a Taoist monk conjures up a magical pear tree, a scholar recounts his previous incarnations, a woman out-foxes the fox-spirit that possesses her, a child bride gives birth to a thimble-sized baby, a ghostly city appears out of nowhere and a heartless daughter-in-law is turned into a pig. In his tales of humans coupling with shape-shifting spirits, bizarre phenomena, haunted buildings and enchanted objects, Pu Songling pushes back the boundaries of human experience and enlightens as he entertains. 蒲松齡（1640年06月05日－1715年02月25日），字留仙，又字劍臣，別號柳泉居士，清代著名的小說家，著有文言文短篇小說集《聊齋志異》。現山東省淄博市淄川區洪山鎮蒲家莊人。世稱聊齋先生，自稱異史氏，他出身沒落地主家庭，連續四次參加舉人考試而全部落榜。直到72歲赴青州補為貢考。郭沫若先生為蒲氏故居題聯，贊蒲氏著作“寫鬼寫妖高人一等，刺貪刺虐入骨三分”，老舍也評價過蒲氏“鬼狐有性格，笑罵成文章”。
