The ềnkỳmạnlụTruyền kỳ mạn lục (傳奇漫錄, "Casual Records of Transmitted Strange Tales") is a 16th-century Vietnamese historical text, in part a collection of legends, by Nguyễn Dữ (阮餘) composed in Chữ Hán. The collection was translated into French by UNESCO in 1962.
Components
Truyền kì mạn lục contains 20 stories (), tales () and records () in 4 volumes, each contains 5 works:
Volume 1
The Record at Xiang King's Temple
The Story of the Virtuous Wife in Khoái Châu
The Story of the Cotton Tree
The Tale of the Tea Boy Reincarnated
The Record of the Strange Encounter in the Western Camp
Volume 2
The Tale of the Lawsuit in Dragon Court
The Record of the Wrongdoing of Đào Thị
The Tale of the Judge of Tản Viên Temple
The Tale of Từ Thức Marrying a Goddess
The Tale of Phạm Tử Hư Visiting Heaven
Volume 3
The Tale of the Demon in Xương Giang
The Tale of the Conversation with a Woodcutter at Na Mountain
The Tale of the Abandoned Pagoda in Đông Triều
The Story of Thúy Tiêu
The Record of the Night Party in Đà Giang
Volume 4
The Story of the Woman in Nam Xương
The Story of Lý General
The Story of Lệ Nương
The Record of the Poetry Talk in Kim Hoa
The Tale of the Yaksha General
References
External links
Vietnamese history texts
Lê dynasty texts
Vietnamese short story collections
Chinese-language literature of Vietnam
