志怪小说 (志怪小說) zhìguài xiǎoshuō

zhìguài xiǎoshuō noun zhiguai xiaoshuo; stories of the supernatural
Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Genre 体裁
Notes: zhiguai xiaoshuo is a historic Chinese genre featuring stories of micacles, reincarnation, and the like. An important example is the text In Search of the Supernatural 搜神记 by Gan Bao 干宝 (early fourth century) (Idema and Haft 1997, p. 112)