Illustration from Xiangzhu liaozhai zhiyi tuyong (Liaozhai Zhiyi with commentary and illustrations; 1886)
Original title
賈奉雉 (Jia Fengzhi)
Translator
Herbert Giles
Country
China
Language
Chinese
Genre(s)
Zhiguai
Chuanqi
Short story
Publication
Published in
Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
Media type
Print (Book)
Publication date
1740
Published in English
1880
Chronology
Suqiu (素秋)
Shangxian (上仙)
"Jia Fengzhi" (simplified Chinese: 贾奉雉; traditional Chinese: 賈奉雉; pinyin: Jiǎ Fèngzhì) is a short story by Pu Songling first published in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. The story revolves around the eponymous scholar who, despite being intellectually gifted, struggles to pass the provincial examination until assisted by an immortal who befriends Jia while disguised as a fellow scholar. He unsuccessfully pursues an ascetic lifestyle, and returns to civilisation to discover that a century has elapsed, before becoming a bureaucrat. The story was first partly translated into English by British sinologist Herbert Giles, who described Jia as a "Chinese Rip Van Winkle".
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