Pu Sun-lin became famous for books about shapeshifting foxes, sorcerers and ghosts, strange animals, cursed mirrors, talking birds, and living paintings—among many other things—making him the best-known Chinese writer of his time. The basis for his work was folk tales, but over time the author’s own stories themselves turned into folklore and were passed from mouth to mouth by simple storytellers. Pu Sulin’s miniature prose is full of emotions, passions, fears, and teachings—both direct and hidden. This edition publishes Pu Sun-lin’s stories about magical foxes, sly and wise tricksters who come to people to confuse, to entangle, and sometimes even to help in a difficult situation.