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Section on Themes is critically very poor

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The section on themes is very strangely written. For example, 'to complain the feudal system where everyone is not equal'. Leaving aside the strange English, there is the problem that 'feudal' is presumably not a term used by the writer himself. It is a term direct out of Marxist ideology used to dismiss pre-modern (read pre-socialist) social systems. The author may be protesting against social inequality and privilege, but to couch it in terms of 'complaining against the feudal system' is quite strange. Interpreting early-Qing stories in terms of modern political ideologies (and specifically modern PRC ideologies) seems dubious at best. 124.65.50.210 (talk) 04:34, 19 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Chinese Edition

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It would be nice to get a link to a Chinese edition if one is available online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.87.9.232 (talk) 05:15, 1 February 2015

Undo Move

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Undid the move to "Strange stories from a Chinese Room" as not discussed, much less explained. A Google search for it here found not one hit.ch (talk) 03:33, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers CWH. @Unserefahne: thanks for trying to correct this article's title, but please make sure to read Wikipedia's article naming policy before moving more articles, especially the whole of WP:COMMONNAME. ‑‑YodinT 07:57, 8 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 24 May 2021

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved (technical move requested at WP:RMT (non-admin closure) Lennart97 (talk) 20:05, 31 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]



Strange Stories from a Chinese StudioStrange Tales from a Chinese Studio – The vast majority of recent popular translations (Minford and Sondergard stand out) have rendered it as "Strange Tales", with Giles being the primary champion of "Strange Stories". JSTOR results also seem to suggest that "Strange Tales" is the preferred translation for Liaozhai zhiyi. Google search results are deceptive because a lot of hits for "Strange Stories" either are in reference to the Giles work or link to pages that actually use "Tales". Lastly, doesn't Strange Tales sound more pleasant than Strange Stories? The Crypt Keeper would agree... Kingoflettuce (talk) 15:56, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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conflict

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strange tales from a chinese studio 136.158.35.8 (talk) 14:23, 8 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 29 December 2022

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The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus. (closed by non-admin page mover) 2pou (talk) 05:40, 14 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]


Strange Tales from a Chinese StudioLiaozhai zhiyi – "Liaozhai zhiyi" is used much more than "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". A Google search for "Liaozhai zhiyi" produces a lot more results than one for "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio" or "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". The article itself also uses "Liaozhai zhiyi". Mucube (talkcontribs) 21:04, 29 December 2022 (UTC) — Relisting. NasssaNsertalk 09:40, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Enjoyed

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Really enjoyed reading this article, thanks to everyone who worked on it. toobigtokale (talk) 22:29, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]