A tax officer is dragged before an underworld court where his merits and demerits are weighed up on a scale.
#Strange Tales Collections
Here are the stories on #Strange Tales Collections
火燒鹽船一案 The Case of the Burning Salt Ship
Three men responsible for the renovation of the local City God temple are brought to trial for embezzlement. Their sentences differ greatly.
有山西商居京師信成客寓 There was a merchant from Shanxi…
A man who rose from poor to riches refuses to help the one who helped him when he needed it most. Someone tricks him into loaning money anyway.
袁翁 Old Man Yuan
An old man opens a pawnshop after rising from poverty to riches and is tested for his trustworthiness.
先叔儀南公 My late uncle Yinan…
A fox tricks a stingy man into treating his friends to a feast during the Dragon Boat Festival.
河間一婦 A woman from Hejian
A man seeking richess away from home discovers his wife’s unloyalty to him when he returns home.
琴工錢生 Qin player Scholar Qian
A man is rewarded for his upright character.
姚安公言，有孫天球者 The honorable Yao’an said, someone named Sun Tianqiu…
Two men, for whom money is everything, each get schooled by a fox.
錢卜巫 Money Diviner
An old woman correctly predicts the ups and downs of a young man’s financial stability.
割竹簽 Engraved Bamboo Stick
The Li people use engraved bamboo slips to regulate sales of land.
鬼怕討債 A Ghost Fears his Debt Collectors
A ghost avoids his debt collectors but wreaks havoc once they are no longer after him.
富翁 Rich Old Man
A rich old man trusts his instincts when it comes to lending money.
不倒翁 Roly-Poly
A group of roly-polies is exposed as trouble-makers at a travel-inn.
木皂隸 The Wooden Guardsman
A group of craftsmen gets terrorized in their dreams.
阿龍 A Long
A man dies from a monster attack during the night and is successfully revived to tell what happened and to drive out the monster.
水鬼帚 Water Ghost Broom
Using the privy at night, a man hears a water ghost nearby. & A young merchant riding a water buffalo is attacked by a water ghost.
殭尸抱韋馱 Stiff Corpse Embraces Wei Tuo
A Bodhisattva saves a man from the attack of a corpse.
胡求為鬼球 Hu Qiu is a Plaything for Ghosts
At night, two tall god-like figures kick a man around like a football.
骷髏吹氣 A Skeleton Blows Qi
A group of friends playing chess find their teacher collapsed on the floor after he took a nap in his room.
縛山魈 Binding the Mandrill
A group of scholars gathers for the Mid-Autumn festival and is surprised by a mandrill.