Principal Works
*Liao-chai chih-i [Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, partial translation, 1880] 1765
†Hsing-shih yin-yuan chuan [Marriage as Retribution, partial translation, 1984] (novel) 1870 Liao-chai chih-i wei-k' an kao 1936 Liao-chai ch'uan-chi. 2 vols. (essays, poetry, short stories, and songs) 1936
*Exact dates remain unestablished for much of P'u's work. Liao-chai chih-i is believed to have been in near-final form in 1679, though scholars agree that later additions and emendations to the collection were made.
†Hsing-shih yin-yuan chuan, according to some sources, may have appeared in book form as early as 1728, though this too has not been conclusively verified.
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