Foreign Priests by Pu Songling

T‘i-k‘ung recounts seeing two priests from the west at Ch‘ing-chou, where a monastery’s secular manager hosts them despite the abbot’s cool reception. One throws a small pagoda into a high wall niche, after which a radiance fills the room; the other lengthens and shrinks his arms.

By Pu Songling · Genre: Short Story, Supernatural Fiction · 359 words

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Note on "Foreign" in the title: The word here used is _fan_, generally translated "barbarian. "

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Genres

• Short Story — A brief prose narrative recounts two visiting priests’ reception at a monastery and their subsequent demonstrations.
• Supernatural Fiction — A pagoda casts radiance through the room, and a priest makes his arms lengthen and shrink beyond ordinary physical limits.

Tags

Buddhist priests · monasteries · magical feats · pagodas

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• Work type: Short story
• Author: Pu Songling
• Date: Date unknown
• Language: English
• Genres: Short Story, Supernatural Fiction
• Length: 359 words
• Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Standard (8th-9th Grade)

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• Author's own Record
• Examination for the Post of Guardian Angel
• The Talking Pupils
• The Painted Wall
• Planting a Pear-Tree
• The Taoist Priest of Lao-Shan
• The Buddhist Priest of Ch‘Ang-Ch‘Ing
• The Marriage of the Fox's Daughter
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