''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. The title indicates strange tales "plucked from the dust" of the
Lingnan region of
Southern China
South China () is a geographical and cultural region that covers the southernmost part of China. Its precise meaning varies with context. A notable feature of South China in comparison to the rest of China is that most of its citizens are not n ...
and
Northern Vietnam
Northern Vietnam ( vi, Bắc Bộ) is one of three geographical regions within Vietnam. It consists of three administrative regions: the Northwest (Vùng Tây Bắc), the Northeast (Vùng Đông Bắc), and the Red River Delta (Đồng Bằng S ...
.
[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
Vũ Quỳnh ( chữ Hán: 武瓊; Bình Giang, Hải Dương 1452–1516) was a Vietnamese scholar-official and writer. He is best known for his work with Kiều Phú collecting the '' Lĩnh Nam chích quái''.George Edson Dutton, Jayne Susa ...
(1452–1516) and
Kiều Phú (1447–?).
History
See also
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Việt Điện U Linh Tập
''Việt Điện U Linh Tập'' ( vi-hantu, 粵甸幽靈集 or 越甸幽靈集 ) is a collection of Vietnamese history written in Chinese ( chữ nho) compiled by Lý Tế Xuyên in 1329.
The English "Viet Realm" (or "Yue Territory") derives from ...
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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