The Weiqi Devil
"The Weiqi Devil", also known as "The Chess Ghost", (Chinese: 棋鬼; pinyin: Qíguǐ) is a short story by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, collected in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai; 1740). It pertains to a Chinese general's encounter with the titular "weiqi devil". The story was first translated into English by Herbert Giles in his 1878 translation of Liaozhai.
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"The Weiqi Devil", also known as "The Chess Ghost", (Chinese: 棋鬼; pinyin: Qíguǐ) is a short story by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, collected in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio (Liaozhai; 1740). It pertains to a Chinese general's encounter with the titular "weiqi devil". The story was first translated into English by Herbert Giles in his 1878 translation of Liaozhai.
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