What's the story of Xiaoqian?

Nie Xiaogan is a ghost story in Pu Songling's novel collection Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. Nie Xiaogan is a beautiful female ghost. She lived to be eighteen years old and was buried next to the desolate ancient temple in the north of Jinhua, Zhejiang. Unfortunately, she was threatened by the monster hag. After staying in the temple, Zhejiang Renning was instructed by the monster to kill people, but was moved by the loyalty of the minister, so he told the truth and helped the minister turn the corner.

Cai Chen lived up to Xiao Gan's great trust, helped her escape, and took her in to serve her mother and wife who had been ill for a long time. Hard-working and kind-hearted people are deeply loved by Ning family. Because of long-term contact with the living, she gradually became like an ordinary person, and Ning's family never mentioned her identity. After Ning's wife died of illness, she married Ning as a ghost wife, and then instructed to get rid of the golden flower monster who came to retaliate.

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The Creative Background of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio

Pu Songling was born in a scholarly family. In his early years, he also wanted to use the imperial examination to be an official. Unfortunately, he tried again and again and could only make a living by teaching. He has been interested in folk ghost stories since childhood.

It is said that Pu Songling once opened a teahouse in front of his house in order to collect materials. People who come to drink tea can use a story instead of tea money. Pu Songling collected a large number of bizarre stories in this way, and after finishing and processing, they were included in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio.

According to the notes of the Qing Dynasty, "Three Borrowing Lu Bi Tan", Pu Songling spread a mat on the ground next to the avenue every morning and set up a yancha, waiting for passers-by to collect anecdotes. Every time I hear something, I whitewash it when I go home.

In the first year of Kangxi (1662), Pu Songling began to write stories about foxes and ghosts at the age of 22. In the spring of the eighteenth year of Kangxi, forty-year-old Pu Songling compiled the manuscript into a book Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio for the first time, with a preface in the south. Since then, it has been added frequently. It was not until around 239 and 46 years of Kangxi that there were several addenda in the book. The writing of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio lasted more than forty years, and Pu Songling devoted most of his energy.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio