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Taiping Guangji
collection of stories compiled in the early Song dynasty in China

A New Account of the Tales of the World
5th century historical compilation by Liu Yiqing
Wen Xuan
anthology of Chinese poetry and literature

Shuo Yuan
Collection of anecdotes from Zhou Dynasty to Western Han by Liu Xiang

Stories to Caution the World
short story by Feng Menglong

Stories to Awaken the World
1627 short story by Feng Menglong
Bowuzhi
thumb|250px|page=9|The pages of a printed edition of Bowuzhi
Bowuzhi () by Zhang Hua (c. 290 CE) was a compendium of Chinese stories about natural wonders and marvelous phenomena. It quotes from many early Chinese classics, and diversely includes subject matter from Chinese mythology, history, geography, and folklore. The Bowuzhi, which is one of the first works in the literary genre of zhiguai "tales of anomalies; supernatural stories", records the earliest versions of several myths, such as the white yenü "wild women" living south of China in a society without men. Scholars have described th
Xijing Zaji
ancient Chinese short story collection
Illustrious Words to Instruct the World
1620 short story collection by Feng Menglong