Pu Songling

Pu Songling (蒲松齡, Pú Sōnglíng) was a famous writer of Liaozhai Zhiyi 《聊齋志異》during the Qing dynasty.

He was a failed scholar and decided to give up his dream of becoming an official. He opened a tea house and invited his guests to tell stories, then he would compile the tales and write them. Many of his tales have been made into films. One of these films is called The Chinese Ghost Story by Tsui Hark, a Hong Kong director.