麻豆约拍

Dr Luo Hui is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages & Cultures at Victoria University of Wellington. His research focuses on Chinese literary and visual cultures, with particular interest in translation, adaptation, reception, and issues of soft power.

In his early 20s he dove into the strange and slippery realm of Pu Songling鈥檚 ghost stories, and it became a topic of personal and academic fascination ever since. Here he tells us why ghosts have so much meaning in Chinese culture, and explores the idea of becoming as seen through Songling鈥檚 terrifying and bewitching female demons, beasts and ghosts.