Title: 畫皮

Title: Title Record # 1752429
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Date: 1766-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN, Wikipedia-ZH
Language: Chinese

Note: This is tale #40 in Pu Songling's collection of Strange Tales from a Chatterbox's Studio (聊齋誌異, Liáozhāi zhìyì), usually known as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio or Strange Tales from Liaozhai. The Chinese title translates as "painted skin" or "painted leather", the ambiguity being perhaps intentional (see synopsis).

Synopsis: This story tells of a scholar who is attracted to a beautiful maiden and brings her home, only to discover she is an ugly female ghoul who puts on a facial mask to look attractive, after "painting" it daily [from Wikipedia].

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Year	Language	Title
1880^ⓘFirst published in <i>Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio</i>, De La Rue, 1880. Translated by Herbert A. Giles	English	The Painted Skin [as by P'u Sung-Ling]
1958^ⓘTranslated by Li-Tche-Houa	French	La peau peinte [as by P'ou Song-Ling]
1965	English	The Demon Who Changed Its Skin [as by Pu Sung Ling]
1966^ⓘTranslated by uncredited	Dutch	De Duivel die van Huid Verwisselde [as by Pu Sung Ling]
1966^ⓘTranslated by Li-Tche-Houa	French	La peau peinte [as by Songling Pou]
1991^ⓘTranslated by Ludovico Nicola Di Giura	Italian	La Pelle Dipinta [as by P'u Sung-Ling]
2006^ⓘFrom <i>Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio</i>. Translated by <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/se.cgi?arg=John%20Minford&type=Name&mode=exact">John Minford</a>.	English	The Painted Skin [as by Pu Songling]
2018^ⓘTranslated by Herbert Giles	English	The Painted Skin [as by Pu Songling]

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