搜神後記. Selections. 1985

A compilation of brief supernatural and folkloric episodes assembled as standalone anecdotes that record encounters with ghosts, spirits, immortals, prophetic dreams, miraculous recoveries, shape‑shifting creatures, and strange omens. Each entry reads like an eyewitness or local report, relating abrupt transformations, people lost and recovered in hidden realms, uncanny possessions or visitations, and the remedies or rituals invoked. The collection proceeds episodically across many settings and motifs, balancing wonder and moral hint with attempts to explain unusual events through the intervention of divine, demonic, or uncanny forces.