| Don’t look for contemporary accounts of ghosts in
China, but a collection of gruesome, sometimes ribald, sometimes crude tales on topics
deemed immoral by Confucius: ghosts, sex, and crime. As an Asian afficionado, I enjoy the
humor in some of these tales and find it fascinating how the bureaucracy of the real
Chinese government carried over into the Otherworld. If one wanted to send a god or spirit
a petition for aid, one simply burnt the document. Gods and spirits could also be hauled
into supernatural court (Nightmare Court?) for overstepping their authority. There are also stories involving talking animals, reincarnation, strange dreams,
homosexuality, transvestism, castration, rape, and prostitution. Definitely the sordid
underbelly of Confucian rectitude. |
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