Appreciation Of Chinese Ghost Tale: Sung Ting-Po And The Ghost

Appreciation of Chinese Ghost Tale
Sung Ting-Po and the Ghost

The story Sung Ting-Po and the Ghost tells the story of a man living in Nan-yang, whose name was Sung Ting-po. At the time when Ting-po was a young man, he had ever met a ghost when he was walking on the night of a day. Ting-po told the ghost that he was also a ghost, and they went together to Yuan market. On their way, the ghost suspected him twice, and Sung Ting-po answered that he was a new ghost, thus in some ways he might still like human. Ting-po recognized that ghosts fear human saliva most through the conversations, then he caught and spit on the ghost. The ghost turned into a lamb, Sung Ting-po sold him at the market and received 1500 copper coins for the lamb.
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““I am a new ghost,” said Ting-po, “That’s why my body is heavy.”…Ting-po then said, “I am a new ghost, so I do not know what ghosts should fear most.””

The ghost said that faring on foot was too slow, and suggested to bear each other on their own backs one after the other when faring.
When the ghost bore Sung Ting-po on his back, the ghost found that Ting-po was too heavy and suspected that Sung Ting-po was not a ghost. Ting-po answered that he was a new ghost, so my body is still heavy."
Then it's Ting-po's time to bear the ghost, Ting-po found that the ghost had almost no weight. After the had bore each other on their backs one after the other for some time, Ting-po asked "I am a new ghost, so I don't know what a ghost may

Instead of concentrating upon philosophical treatises or religious texts, we are going to conduct our exploration through the reading of traditional Chinese tales and stories. Since early times, Chinese literature has abounded in tales of wonder and fantasy -- tales of ghosts and spirits, fabulous voyages, miraculous transformations, and every variety of strange and wondrous event. Those tales were composed at least partly as entertainment. And yet, they also reveal a wide range of attitudes about the nature of the world, the nature of human existence, and the nature of the divine. In these tales, all the realms of being -- animal, human, divine, and demonic - often impinge upon each other in wondrous and unpredictable ways. It is those realms -- and their interrelationships -- that this course will explore. We will also consider some of the ideas found in Taoist thought and religion, and evaluate the extent to which they might contribute to our understanding of the stories that we read.

Once in a dark mountain path, Zong Ting-po ran into a ghost . Zong Ting-po deceived him: “I am a ghost too.” The both covered several li together. As they approached Wancheng market , Zong carried the ghost on purpose. He firmly grasped the ghost’s hands and feet , and rushed to the market at full split. Zong threw the ghost on the ground and spat at him for several times. The ghost transformed