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III. Far East, South and South-East Asia / Дальний Восток, Южная и Юго-Восточная Азия Доклады Международного конгресса по источниковедению и историографии стран Азии и Африки. Т. 1. 2020 487 Guang Ji, juan 358 1 ; “Liu Shao-you”, 柳少遊 — Taiping Guang Ji, juan 358 2 and others); 3. As a consequence of a premature decease, not expected and having no Heavenly permission for (for example “Qi Tui’s Daughter”, 齊推女 — Taiping Guang Ji, juan 358 3 ). During Tang ( 唐 , 618–907) these stories have been collected in a great many prominent miscellanea, such as «Records Of The Collected Wonders» ( 集異 記 ) by Xue Yong-ruo ( 薛用弱 , 9 th cent.), «Extensive Records Of Wonders» ( 廣異記 ) by Dai Fu ( 戴孚 , 8 th cent.), «Records From Xuanshi Hall» ( 宣室志 ) by Zhang Du ( 張讀 , 9 th cent.), «Records Of The Unparalleled Marvels» ( 獨異 記 ) by Li Rong ( 李冗 , 9 th cent.) and many others. These collections have been studied by a lot of scholars in China and abroad (details of these studies can be found in special researches on the subject, such as the works by I. Alimov and Y. Serebriakov 45 ) with the main emphasis being put on historical and structural aspects of the texts. With all that, a problem of actual definition of a soul in the traditional Chinese beliefs and in literary works remains unsolved up to these days. In traditional China a person has been believed to possess a dozen of souls — three Yang souls hun ( 魂 ), seven Yin Souls po ( 魄 ) and two receptacles of Yin and Yang energies, often described as “spirits” — Shen ( 神 ), receptacle of Yang, and Ling ( 靈 ), receptacle of Yin. The intercourse between these parts of a human spirit is utterly complex, and there’s no univocal explanation of these ghostly manifestations. Most popular digest of these beliefs can be demonstrated in the following outline. The three Yang souls are: 1. Sheng Hun ( 生魂 ), a. k. a. Ren Hun ( 人魂 ) or Xiang Hun ( 象魂 ). It is the basic vital force, which, besides humans, is also possessed by plants and animals. According to folksy interpretations it either vanishes after death, or stays in the grave. 2. Jue Hun ( 覺魂 ), or Di Hun ( 地魂 ), or Shi Hun ( 視魂 ). It is the basis of feelings. It can be possessed only by humans and animals. Folksy theories differ in interpretations, whether it disappears after death or descends to Hell. 1 Taiping Guang Ji ( 太平廣記 , Records of the Taiping Era). V. 4. P. 2832–2833. 2 Ibid. P. 2833. 3 Ibid. P. 2835–2837. 4 Alimov I. A. Vsled za kistyu: Materialy k istorii sunskikh avtorskikh sbornikov bitczi: Issledovaniia, perevody. [Following the brush: Materials concerning history of Sung biji, story-collections of authorship: Studies, translations]. Part 1. St Petersburg: “Peterburgskoye Vostokovedeniye” Centre, 1996. 272 p. 5 Alimov I. A., Serebyakov Y. A. Vsled za kistyu: Materialy k istorii sunskikh avtorskikh sbornikov bitczi: Issledovaniia, perevody. [Following the brush: Materials concerning history of Sung biji, story-collections of authorship: Studies, translations]. Part 2. St Petersburg: “Peterburgskoye Vostokovedeniye” Centre, 2004. 448 p.