Shenguailu 神怪錄

Shenguailu 神怪錄 "Records of gods and demons" is an early collection of stories from the Southern Dynasties period 南朝 (420~589). The author is not known. The book seems to have been lost soon, and there is only one fragment surviving, the story Wu Xiang 吳詳 quoted in the Tang period 唐 (618-907) encyclopedia Beitang shuchao 北堂書鈔. It is included Lu Xun's 魯迅 reprint series Gu xiaoshuo gouchen 古小說鉤沉. The story narrates how Wu Xiang encountered the spirit of a beautiful girl. Lu Xun's collection includes another fragment recording the story of Wang Guo 王果 that actually i spart of Kong Shenyan's 孔慎言 Shenguaizhi 神怪志 from the Tang period, and not of the older Shenguailu.