精怪异兽 · 奇物显灵 · 万物有灵 Beast Spirits, Shape-Shifters, and Supernatural Entities
异物志 Chronicles of Strange Beings
以各类精怪、异兽、奇异之物为核心，记录超自然存在。 Records of supernatural creatures, beast spirits, and strange entities — a bestiary of the Chinese imagination.
收录 10 篇 10 Tales叶限 Ye Xian
中国版"灰姑娘"，比格林早800年 China's Cinderella — 800 years before the Brothers Grimm
诺皋记 Records of Nuogao
专记鬼怪、妖异、方术 A compendium of ghosts, monsters, and magic
罗刹鸟 The Rakshasa Bird
贪婪者化为鸟，专啄人眼 The greedy transform into birds that peck out eyes
茶仙 The Tea Immortal
茶树成精，清新雅致的精怪 A tea plant spirit of elegant refinement
不倒翁 The Tumbler
士大夫化为不倒翁，讽刺官场生态 Officials become tumbler dolls — a satire of bureaucracy
锡盆妖 The Tin Basin Spirit
锡盆成精作祟，宋代市民妖异观 A tin basin comes alive to wreak havoc
大浑王 The Great Hun King
神秘"大浑王"显灵，反映民间信仰 The mysterious Great Hun King manifests
造畜 Creating Beasts
巫术将人变为牲畜，揭露人口贩卖 Dark sorcery transforms humans into livestock
京师异妇人 The Strange Woman of the Capital
京城异妇能预言祸福，北宋市井奇闻 A mysterious woman in the capital who foretells fortune
蜀南多山猕猴 The Mountain Monkeys of Southern Shu
蜀地猕猴盗妇人，早期"野人"传说 Monkeys of Sichuan who abduct women — an early "wildman" legend