page_title: This Transformation
hierarchical_section_title: This Transformation
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of a scene in "This Transformation" in which the begging monk slits open his stomach.
context_page_description: "This Transformation", also known as "The Begging Monk", is a short story by Pu Songling collected in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. The tale revolves around a monk who begs for nothing in particular and is treated like an outcast. It was first fully translated into English by John Minford in 2006, followed by Sidney L. Sondergard in 2008.
context_section_description: "This Transformation", also known as "The Begging Monk", (Chinese: 丐僧; pinyin: Gaì Sēng) is a short story by Pu Songling collected in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio (1740). The tale revolves around a monk who begs for nothing in particular and is treated like an outcast. It was first fully translated into English by John Minford in 2006, followed by Sidney L. Sondergard in 2008.
caption: 19th-century illustration from Xiangzhu liaozhai zhiyi tuyong (Liaozhai Zhiyi with commentary and illustrations; 1886)
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