Author Description

"Sou Shen Ji" () is a collection of various folk legends on ghosts, immortals and spirits in ancient China. Despite its focus on abnormal or strange things, the author "Gan Bao" wrote carefully with the attitude of historians.Although the narrative of each story is short and, it has a great influence on the development of legendary novels in China's later generations. After it many legendary novels such as Tang legend and " Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio " are written.The collection is divided into 20 volumes. This book is a full version of the translation that includes all volumes.