志怪中国

Ghost Lore: Tales of Ancient China

借鬼神写人间，以志怪窥天道。
千年灵怪叙事，双语呈现，让世界读懂中国文学的幽微之美。

Through spirits and monsters, we illuminate the human heart.
A millennium of supernatural storytelling, now bilingually presented.

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阅读路线

Reading Path

01
轻松起步
Easy Start
《阅微草堂笔记》10篇+《子不语》— 篇幅短小，语言诙谐，志怪入门首选
Notes from the Yuewei Cottage & What the Master Would Not Discuss — short, witty tales, the perfect gateway into supernatural literature.
02
经典深入
Classic Depth
《聊斋志异》精选12篇 — 文学性巅峰，故事最为精彩动人
12 selected tales from Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio — the literary apex, where stories are most vivid and moving.
03
溯源探秘
Tracing Origins
《搜神记》精选8篇 + 《酉阳杂俎》6篇 — 志怪文学源头，奇闻异事大观
8 tales from In Search of the Supernatural + 6 tales from Youyang Zazu — the fountainhead of the genre, a treasury of strange tales.
04
博览群书
Comprehensive
《太平广记》8篇 — 唐宋传奇精华，一览千年名篇
8 tales from Extensive Records of the Taiping Era — the finest Tang and Song dynasty romances, a panoramic survey of a thousand years.
05
博物溯源
Natural Marvels
《博物志》6章 — 西晋张华的博物学百科，异兽、异草木、远方异国、珠玉奇物
Records of Diverse Matters — Zhang Hua's Western Jin encyclopedia of strange beasts, exotic plants, foreign lands, and mineral marvels.
06
宋代巅峰
Song Dynasty Peak
《夷坚志》9篇 — 南宋洪迈的志怪巨著，狐鬼神仙，因果报应，梦中之梦
Records of Yijian — Hong Mai's monumental Song dynasty collection: fox spirits, ghost brides, dream travelers, and the moral cosmos of the living and the dead.
07
仙道传说
Immortal Tales
《神仙传》 + 《搜神后记》 — 东晋葛洪、陶渊明笔下的仙道传奇与搜神续篇
Biographies of Immortals + Sequel to In Search of the Supernatural — Eastern Jin tales of Daoist immortals and supernatural wonders by Ge Hong and Tao Yuanming.
08
幽冥笔记
Hidden Realms
《幽明录》 — 南朝刘义庆的幽冥世界，人鬼交错，幻境与现世的边界模糊
Records of the Hidden and Visible — Liu Yiqing's Southern Dynasties collection where the worlds of the living and the dead blur and intertwine.
09
明代新声
Ming Revival
《剪灯新话》 — 明代瞿祐的传奇小说，上承唐宋，下启聊斋，文言小说的关键转折
New Tales Trimmed from the Lamp — Ming dynasty literary tales by Qu You that bridge the gap between Tang-Song romances and Liaozhai, a pivotal turning point in classical Chinese fiction.

经典书库

Classics Library

聂小倩
人鬼恋 Romance

聂小倩

Nie Xiaoqian

聊斋志异 · 清 · 蒲松龄

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio · Qing · Pu Songling

女鬼弃恶从善，与书生宁采臣的爱情经典。被多次改编为影视作品，其中张国荣版《倩女幽魂》最为知名。

A ghost who renounces evil for good, and the scholar Ning Caichen — a classic love story. Adapted into numerous films, most famously A Chinese Ghost Story starring Leslie Cheung.
画皮
讽世恐怖 Horror

画皮

The Painted Skin

聊斋志异 · 清 · 蒲松龄

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio · Qing · Pu Songling

"画皮画骨难画心"，恶鬼披人皮，警示世人莫被美色迷惑。最经典的志怪恐怖故事之一。

"You can paint the skin, paint the bones, but not the heart." A demon wearing human skin — warning against being seduced by beauty. One of the most iconic horror tales in Chinese literature.
婴宁
狐女爱情 Fox Love

婴宁

Yingning

聊斋志异 · 清 · 蒲松龄

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio · Qing · Pu Songling

爱花爱笑、天真烂漫的狐女婴宁，"笑容可掬"成语来源。蒲松龄笔下最可爱的女性形象。

A flower-loving, laughing fox girl — the origin of the idiom "smiling radiantly." The most endearing female character Pu Songling ever created.
干将莫邪
侠义 Tragedy

干将莫邪

Gan Jiang & Mo Ye

搜神记 · 东晋 · 干宝

In Search of the Supernatural · Eastern Jin · Gan Bao

铸剑师之子赤为父报仇，侠客献头，三头共葬，悲壮惨烈的复仇传说。

The swordsmith's son seeks vengeance for his father, aided by a swordsman who sacrifices his own head. Three heads buried together — a tragic and heroic tale of revenge.
柳毅传
龙宫恋 Dragon Love

柳毅传

The Story of Liu Yi

太平广记 · 唐 · 李朝威

Taiping Guangji · Tang · Li Chaowei

书生柳毅为龙女传书，终成眷属。"柳毅传书"成为经典典故，龙宫奇缘的最早蓝本。

Scholar Liu Yi delivers a letter for the Dragon Princess, and they eventually wed. The earliest prototype of the dragon palace romance.
南柯太守传
梦境幻境 Dreams

南柯太守传

The Governor of the Southern Tributary

太平广记 · 唐 · 李公佐

Taiping Guangji · Tang · Li Gongzuo

淳于棼醉入槐安国，拜相封侯，醒来原是蚁穴。"南柯一梦"典故出处，浮生若梦的哲学寓言。

Chunyu Fen dreams he enters the Sophora Kingdom, rises to prime minister — and wakes to find it was an anthill. The origin of "a dream of the Southern Tributary," a philosophical parable on life's illusion.
罗刹海市
奇幻讽刺 Satire

罗刹海市

The Raksha Sea Market

聊斋志异 · 清 · 蒲松龄

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio · Qing · Pu Songling

马龙媒在罗刹国（以丑为美）和海市（理想国）的奇遇，近年因刀郎歌曲再度走红。

Ma Longmei's adventures in the Raksha Kingdom (where ugliness is beauty) and the Sea Market (a utopia). Recently regained fame through Dao Lang's hit song.
聂隐娘
女侠侠义 Martial Arts

聂隐娘

Nie Yinniang

太平广记 · 唐 · 裴铏

Taiping Guangji · Tang · Pei Xing

女刺客聂隐娘师从老尼，飞剑取人首级，后归隐江湖。武侠仙侠源头，侯孝贤同名电影享誉国际。

Female assassin Nie Yinniang trains under an old nun, strikes with a flying sword, then retreats into seclusion. The origin of wuxia and xianxia; Hou Hsiao-hsien's award-winning film brought her story to the world.
叶限
奇幻 Fairy Tale

叶限

Ye Xian

酉阳杂俎 · 唐 · 段成式

Youyang Zazu · Tang · Duan Chengshi

中国版"灰姑娘"，洞主女儿受虐，得鱼骨相助，金鞋认亲。比格林兄弟早800年。

China's "Cinderella" — an abused chieftain's daughter aided by a magical fishbone, recognized by a golden shoe. Predates the Grimm version by 800 years.
博物
博物百科 Encyclopedia

博物志

Records of Diverse Matters

博物志 · 西晋 · 张华

Bowu Zhi · Western Jin · Zhang Hua

天地万物，无所不谈——会说话的树、发光的珠、狗头人身的异族。六朝博物学的百科全书，6章双语注释版。

An encyclopedia of the strange and wonderful — talking trees, luminous pearls, dog-headed peoples. The Six Dynasties compendium of natural marvels, 6 bilingual annotated chapters.
夷坚
宋代志怪 Song Dynasty

夷坚志

Records of Yijian

夷坚志 · 南宋 · 洪迈

Yijian Zhi · Southern Song · Hong Mai

宋代志怪巅峰之作，420卷近6000则。狐鬼神仙、因果报应、梦中之梦——中国文言小说的百科全书。精选9篇经典。

The crowning achievement of Song dynasty supernatural fiction — 420 volumes, nearly 6,000 entries. Fox spirits, ghost brides, dream travelers. 9 selected classic tales.
神仙
仙道 Immortals

神仙传

Biographies of Immortals

神仙传 · 东晋 · 葛洪

Shenxian Zhuan · Eastern Jin · Ge Hong

道教仙人传记经典，记载92位神仙事迹。葛洪以博物笔法写仙道，炼丹、飞升、点石成金——道教想象力的百科全书。

The classic Daoist hagiography — 92 tales of immortals who mastered alchemy, ascended to heaven, and turned stone to gold. Ge Hong's encyclopedic imagination of the Daoist supernatural.
搜神后记
搜神续篇 Sequel

搜神后记

Sequel to In Search of the Supernatural

搜神后记 · 东晋 · 陶渊明

Soushen Houji · Eastern Jin · Tao Yuanming

干宝《搜神记》的续篇，传为陶渊明所作。桃花源的原型即出于此——渔人误入仙境，归来已无人识。

The sequel to Gan Bao's classic, attributed to Tao Yuanming himself. Contains the original "Peach Blossom Spring" — a fisherman stumbles into a paradise, and returns to find no one recognizes him.
幽明
幽冥 Netherworld

幽明录

Records of the Hidden and Visible

幽明录 · 南朝宋 · 刘义庆

Youming Lu · Liu Song · Liu Yiqing

南朝志怪名著，刘义庆编撰。幽冥与人间交错——鬼市、冥婚、入梦、还魂，六朝人对死后世界的完整想象。

Southern Dynasties classic compiled by Liu Yiqing. The hidden and visible worlds collide — ghost markets, spirit marriages, dream journeys, and soul returns. The Six Dynasties imagination of the afterlife.
剪灯新话
明代传奇 Ming Romance

剪灯新话

New Tales Trimmed from the Lamp

剪灯新话 · 明 · 瞿祐

Jiandeng Xinhua · Ming · Qu You

明代文言小说代表作，上承唐宋传奇，下启《聊斋志异》。才子佳人、鬼狐仙怪——中国文言小说复兴的号角。

The masterpiece of Ming literary fiction — bridging Tang-Song romances and Liaozhai. Scholars and beauties, foxes and ghosts — the trumpet call of classical Chinese fiction's revival.

阅读分级指南

Reading Level & Age Guide

根据故事内容、恐怖程度和主题为海外读者提供分级参考

Content ratings for international readers based on themes, horror level, and suitability

篇名Tale 类型Type Age Rating Horror Level Suitable For Remarks
聂小倩 Horror / Romance 10+ Mild Spooky Teens + Adults A gentle ghost story about love and integrity.
画皮 Horror / Psychological 13+ Moderate Scary Teens 13+ Contains scary imagery and warns against superficiality.
婴宁 Fantasy / Folktale All Ages Family Friendly Kids + A light, joyful tale of free-spirited love.
干将莫邪 Horror / Tragedy 13+ Moderate Scary Teens + Dark tale of blood vengeance and legacy.
柳毅传 Fantasy / Mythology All Ages Family Friendly Kids + Classic dragon princess romance.
南柯太守传 Supernatural / Allegory All Ages Family Friendly Kids + Lesson about ambition and reality.
罗刹海市 Satire / Fantasy 13+ Moderate Teens + Critique of distorted values and blind flattery.
聂隐娘 Martial Arts / Supernatural 13+ Moderate Teens + Female assassin's journey — violence in a martial-arts context, themes of duty and freedom.
叶限 Folktale / Cinderella-type All Ages Family Friendly Kids + A charming early fairy-tale structure.
博物志 Natural History / Encyclopedia All Ages Family Friendly Kids + Six Dynasties encyclopedia of strange beasts, plants, and minerals. 6 bilingual chapters.
夷坚志 Supernatural / Ghost Tales 10+ Mild Spooky Teens + Adults Song dynasty collection — fox spirits, ghost brides, dream parables. 9 bilingual tales.
神仙传 Hagiography / Daoist All Ages Family Friendly Kids + Daoist immortal biographies — alchemy, ascension, miracles. 92 tales of the supernatural.
搜神后记 Supernatural / Folktale All Ages Family Friendly Kids + Sequel to Soushen Ji, attributed to Tao Yuanming. Contains the original "Peach Blossom Spring."
幽明录 Ghost / Netherworld 10+ Mild Spooky Teens + Southern Dynasties ghost tales — ghost markets, spirit marriages, dream journeys.
剪灯新话 Romance / Supernatural 10+ Mild Spooky Teens + Adults Ming dynasty literary tales — the bridge between Tang romances and Liaozhai.

分级说明

Rating Legend

All Ages 适合所有年龄，无恐怖或暴力内容Suitable for all ages, no horror or violence
10+ 轻度灵异元素，适合青少年Mild supernatural elements, suitable for pre-teens
13+ 含有恐怖、暴力或复杂主题，建议13岁以上Contains horror, violence, or complex themes; recommended 13+

主题志怪

Thematic Tales

🦊
狐鬼情缘
Foxes & Ghosts in Love
7 tales
⚖️
冥界司法
Underworld Justice
4 tales
🔮
方术奇技
Magic & Alchemy
5 tales
🐉
异物志
Strange Creatures
6 tales
🌙
梦境与幻境
Dreams & Illusions
3 tales
☯️
因果报应
Karma & Retribution
5 tales
⚔️
豪侠传奇
Heroes & Swordsmen
5 tales
🎭
讽刺寓言
Social Satire
5 tales

人物谱系

Character Archives

倩
聂小倩
Nie Xiaoqian
皮
画皮鬼
Painted Skin Demon
婴
婴宁
Yingning
李
李白
Li Bai
隐
聂隐娘
Nie Yinniang
判
陆判
Lu Pan
髯
虬髯客
Curly-Bearded Guest
线
红线女
Lady Red Thread