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The Painted Skin cover
short story

画皮

The Painted Skin

Pu Songling · 17th Century

1,260 characters

supernaturaldrama
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A scholar encounters a beautiful woman who turns out to be a demon in disguise.

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About Pu Songling

Pu Songling spent his life collecting ghost stories. His masterpiece, "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" (聊斋志异), is one of the most famous works in Chinese literature. Over 500 tales of fox spirits, ghosts, scholars, and the supernatural.

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