What are the scary details in Strange Tales ?

There is a strange story in "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", which still happens from time to time, is this true?

I have read through Mr. Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", and I think one of the books is called"Water Mangweed".The story is the scariest!

In the pen of the Japanese writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa, "kappa" refers to a creature that resembles a river ghost, and the difference from the creature is that the kappa here is not a terrible river ghost, but a kind of yearning for life of human beings at that time, which can be seen as a utopia that can lead humans into a magical world. On the other hand, if we look at the Chinese author, Mr. Pu Songling's writing about the water mangcao is probably another utopia in their thoughts that Chinese intellectuals in the Ming and Qing dynasties yearn for. It is precisely because of this abundant characteristic that it is regarded as a thing that can best reflect human nature.

We also mentioned above Pu Songling's water mangweed and water mang, the scientific name of water mangweed is Tripterygium wilfordii, and the rhizome of Tripterygium wilfordii contains highly poisonous, which is the broken intestine grass mentioned in the mouths of the ancients. The source of the water mangweed is probably **in two places, one is **in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", which mentions that "fresh anchovy grass can relieve the toxicity of the water mangweed"; The other is ** in the Ming and Qing Dynasty writer Pu Songling's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", which is described in this book:

Water reckless, poisonous weeds also. Creeping like kudzu, purple lentils, eating by mistake and dying, that is, water ghosts. It is said that this ghost cannot be reincarnated, and only those who have been poisoned must be replaced. ”

The evaluation is biased, but I think it is still biased to say that "Water Mangcao" is the work that can best reflect human nature, after all, there are many similar works, especially many Ming and Qing Dynasty works of the same era, which are basically pinned on people's yearning for a better life and the satire of the dark society at that time, all of which are alluding to or hinting at the characteristics of human nature. Mistakenly ate water mangweed and became a water man, and then you must find a person to become a water man, and the original water ghost can be reincarnated in the world and reincarnated.

Thus this story developed with Zhu Sheng as the center, but from the later point of view, it can indeed poke at many weaknesses of human nature. Water ghosts do not exist in real life, but the life of water ghosts reflects the life of human nature in a different way, just as the moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows, the life of water ghosts is also the same.

Liang Lang said, and what enlightenment can "Water Manless Ghost" bring us? This question is very well transformed into Mr. Pu Songling's intention to create this work, and I can probably summarize two points for you, which are also more in line with human nature and reflect real life.

Second: be born as a human being, don't be obsessed. People have seven emotions and six desires, but ordinary people with normal emotions basically can't escape the word "color", which is the so-called "hero sad beauty"!

But when facing women you don't know, you must maintain your moral bottom line and hold back your restless heart. Just like Zhu Sheng in the work, if he hadn't suddenly been interested in the beautiful Sanniang and was deeply attracted by Sanniang's beauty, then how could he have drunk the bowl of tea that Sanniang brought him?

I think "Painted Skin" is simply a nightmare of my childhood, of course it is the old version, I wanted to watch it when I was a child but didn't dare to watch it, it's just amazing, the TV series are so scary, and the book will naturally not be weak.

The scariest thing about the long story is definitely the painted skin. The most terrifying short stories should be the three articles of intestine pumping, wild dogs, and ghost biting.