HSK 4 Chinese reading practice

聂小倩

niè xiǎo qiàn

Nie Xiaoqian

A scholar meets a ghost bound to a demon and chooses compassion over fear.

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A ghost with a human heart

Nie Xiaoqian comes from Pu Songling’s Liaozhai Zhiyi. Later adaptations often expand its themes of love, freedom, and the possibility that a supernatural being may act more humanely than people do.

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