'The scholar suddenly glimpsed a movement in the darkness. Something dived towards him like a swift bird. The shadowy outline of a person neared him, reaching out with a hand.'In the thirty seventh episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are looking at The Woman in the Carriage (车中女子 / Chē Zhōng Nǚzǐ), a chuanqi story dating back to the Tang Dynasty. Our guest is its translator, Yilin Wang.The Woman in the Carriage is a short tale, but the more you look at it, the more you see. Moral lessons, subtle humour, inexplicable strangeness, the roots of modern wuxia...it's all there!A condensed transcript of the interview in this episode is available on Yilin's website.-// NEWS ITEMS //Shen Shixi's children's lit controversyNew guidelines for Chinese scifi films from the China Film AdministrationThe MCLC Modern Chinese Literature Video Lecture Series-// WORD OF THE DAY //(盗贼 / dào zéi / thief)- // MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //Yilin's blog on Jin YongThe term chuanqiThe Man Who Sold a Ghost-// Handy TrChFic Links //Episode Transcripts // Help Support TrChFicINSTAGRAM // TWITTER // DISCORD

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