Pu Songling

Pu Songling, a renowned literati of the Qing Dynasty. Pu Songling appears composed and relaxed, with a bright moon hanging high and lush trees in the background. The inscribed couplet beside him, “Superior in scolding ghosts and demons; Incisive in satirizing greed and tyranny,” succinctly captures the literary value and critical spirit of Pu Songling and his work Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai Zhiyi).