''Lĩnh Nam chích quái'' ( vi-hantu, 嶺南摭怪 lit. "Selection of Strange Tales in Lĩnh Nam") is a 14th-century Vietnamese semi-fictional work written in Han scripts by

Trần Thế Pháp Trần (陳) or Tran is a common Vietnamese surname. More than 10% of all Vietnamese people share this surname. It is derived from the common Chinese surname Chen. History The Tran ruled the Trần dynasty, a golden era in Vietnam, and succ ...

. The title indicates strange tales "plucked from the dust" of the

Lingnan Lingnan (; Vietnamese: Lĩnh Nam) is a geographic area referring to the lands in the south of the Nanling Mountains. The region covers the modern Chinese subdivisions of Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau, as well as modern nor ...

region of

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

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The Ming-occupation-period origins of the Lĩnh Nam Chích Quái ?
{{Vietnamese myth long Vietnamese history texts Vietnamese short story collections Chinese-language literature of Vietnam

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