The Mirror That Foretold
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Liaozhai Zhiyi (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio)
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Blurb
On the night before the autumn exam results, a scholar's wife performs the old rite of listening at the mirror: a mirror set in a sieve, carried by a child, and the first overheard words are the prophecy. What she hears sounds like the language of a man who has fallen, and she grieves through the long dark before she learns, at the door, what the gods meant her to hear.
About This Tale
- Source book:
- Liaozhai Zhiyi (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio)
- Original author:
- Pu Songling (1640–1715)
- Translated by:
- Talecrypt Editorial
- Length:
- 2,295 words
- Further reading:
- Wikipedia ↗Wikipedia ↗
Chapters
The Eve of the Exam
Chapter 1The First Words
Chapter 2The Long Night
Chapter 3The Prophecy
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