还冤志【英】

Stories of Wronged Ghosts (Huan Yuan Zhi)

定义

又名《还冤记》、《冤魂志》。志怪小说集。为唐僖宗时抄本。存姚苌至、王元征等十五则故事。取材皆前代与当世神怪之事，以宣扬释家报应之说。

Also known in Chinese as Huan Yuan Ji or Yuan Hun Zhi, it is a collection of supernatural and ghost stories, as recorded in the Dunhuang manuscripts. It was copied during the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty. Encompassing fifteen stories about Yao Changzhi,Wang Yuanzheng etc., the work was inspired by stories of Chinese spirits and ghosts and was written to preach Buddhist doctrine on karma.