Lĩnh Nam chích quái explained

Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Vietnamese: 嶺南摭怪 lit. "Selection of Strange Tales in Lĩnh Nam") is a 14th-century Vietnamese semi-fictional work written in chữ Hán by .^{[1] [2]} The title indicates strange tales "plucked from the dust" of the Lingnan region of Southern China and Northern Vietnam.^[3]

Later editors who worked on the collection include Vũ Quỳnh (1452–1516) and Kiều Phú (1447–?).

See also

• Việt Điện U Linh Tập

External links

• The Ming-occupation-period origins of the Lĩnh Nam Chích Quái ?

Notes and References

1. Patricia M. Pelley Postcolonial Vietnam: New Histories of the National Past – Page 270 2002 "The original titles are Việt điện u linh tập, Lĩnh nam trích quái, Truyền kỳ mạn lục, Thiên Nam ngữ lục, and Tân đính hiệu binh Việt điện u linh tập. For help in translating the titles, I have relied on Nguyễn Khắc Viện and Hữu Ngọc, Vietnamese ..."
2. Southeast Asia in the 9th to 14th centuries – Page 181 David G. Marr, Anthony Crothers Milner – 1986 ... texts concerned are the "Record of Generations of Southern Viet" (Việt Nam thế chí) and the collection of "Wondrous Tales of Linh Nam" (Lĩnh Nam chích quái).
3. Olga Dror Cult, Culture, and Authority: Princess Liễu Hạnh in Vietnamese History – Page 249 Lĩnh Nam chích quái (Wonders Plucked from the Dust of Linh Nam). Trans. Đinh Gia Khánh and Nguyễn Ngọc San. Hanoi