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Foxfairy" is not an adequate translation of the Chinese "HULIJING", which is a dangerous supernatural creature, a ghostly shapeshifter, cunning and wily as a fox, and irresistibly alluring as a beautiful woman. The HULIJING is an appropriate symbol for this story of love, longing, and deception, featuring the last days of the magical city of Old Peking.Mrs. Eve Freeman, who was born and grew up in Peking, returns after World War II, seeking a ...

Foxfairy" is not an adequate translation of the Chinese "HULIJING", which is a dangerous supernatural creature, a ghostly shapeshifter, cunning and wily as a fox, and irresistibly alluring as a beautiful woman. The HULIJING is an appropriate symbol for this story of love, longing, and deception, featuring the last days of the magical city of Old Peking.Mrs. Eve Freeman, who was born and grew up in Peking, returns after World War II, seeking a ...

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Everybody in Peking knew that the former palace of Prince Kong was haunted by a hulijing. Irreverent Americans were actually pleased to share their home with a fox fairy, especially on learning that the mysterious animal could transform itself into a beautiful woman, who had been glimpsed sauntering in the gardens of the Red Chamber Court by moonlight or gliding between the columns of the covered walk.

Everybody in Peking knew that the former palace of Prince Kong was haunted by a hulijing. Irreverent Americans were actually pleased to share their home with a fox fairy, especially on learning that the mysterious animal could transform itself into a beautiful woman, who had been glimpsed sauntering in the gardens of the Red Chamber Court by moonlight or gliding between the columns of the covered walk.

Margaret Zee is the pen name of Margaret Krenz St. Clair Keenan. Zee is the author of Peking Dust, a memoir of her childhood growing up in Old Peking in the pre-communist era, when China's ancient capital was one of the most exotic and beautiful cities in the world. She has also written two novels focusing on that magical old city: A Palace in Peking and Hoo Lee Jing (Fox fairy). The present audacious literary work, entitled All My Loves, is a...