Collection of short stories and notes in the biji genre, owned by the pen of the famous Chinese writer of the XVIII century. Yuan May. Commented translation and study of a collection of short stories and notes in the biji genre, owned by the pen of the famous Chinese writer of the XVIII century. Yuan May. The stories are selectively translated, but the rest of the text is presented in a brief retelling, which gives the reader an idea of ​ ​ the entire composition of the collection. There are pointers.