Pei Xing (; ca. 825-880) was a Chinese writer and official in the era of the Tang dynasty. He is the author of Tales of the Marvelous (Chuanqi ; commonly called Pei Xing’s Chuanqi ) a collection of which the original has long been lost; only some stories contained within it have been preserved to this day through quotations in the Taiping guangji (Extensive records of the Taiping era). As Tang official he rose to the position of Deputy Military Commissioner of Chengdu in 878.fanhan.org: Ethnic Identity in Imperial China: An Online Sourcebook
The Hanyu da zidian f.e. is using his works Cui Wei zhuan , Wei Zidong zhuan , Zhang Wupo zhuan , and Shanzhuang yeguai lu in the edition of the collectaneum Gujin shuohai cf. Gujin shuohai .Hanyu da zidian, bibliography, nos. 476-479
Selected works Cui Wei zhuan Wei Zidong zhuan Zhang Wupo zhuan Shanzhuang yeguai lu
See also Kunlun Nu Nie Yinniang
References
Bibliography Zhou Lengqie (ed./comm.): Pei Xing Chuanqi . Shanghai guji chubanshe . Shanghai 1980 (online)
External links Chuanqi - chinaknowledge.de The Story of a Kunlun Slave in Tang Chang’an - Victor Cunrui Xiong (in partial view) Collecting and Collectors in A Sea of Tales Past and Present - Jing Zhang (in partial view)