蒲松龄

蒲松齡
Pú Sōnglíng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Pu Songling (1640–1715), Qing writer, author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

Examples

HSK 4
Pú Sōnglíng shì 《 Liáozhāi zhìyì 》 de zuòzhě.
Pu Songling is the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio.
HSK 6
Pú Sōnglíng kǎo le jǐshí nián kējǔ, yìzhí méiyǒu kǎoshàng jǔrén.
Pu Songling sat the imperial examinations for decades but never passed the provincial level.

Tips

culture
Legend says he set up a tea stall by the road and gave free tea to anyone who would tell him a strange tale, then wrote the stories down at night. The story is probably a later invention, but his ghosts and fox spirits do read like tales heard and retold.

Stroke Order

蒲 pú
松 sōng
龄 líng