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| Judge Lu Judge Lu is a famous underworld deity in Chinese folklore who can perform miraculous surgeries, such as swapping a man's heart or a woman's head. | 92 | — |
| Justice for Rebels | — | 184 |
| Killing a Serpent | — | 190 |
| The King | 257 | — |
| Life Prolonged | — | 273 |
| The Lingering Death original: "Lingering Death"; likely refers to lingchi, a historical form of execution in China known as "death by a thousand cuts." | — | 325 |
| Little Chu | 143 | — |
| The Rakshasa Country and the Sea Market original: "Lo-ch’a Country"; the Rakshasas are a class of demons in Buddhist and Hindu mythology. This famous story describes a land where social status is based on ugliness rather than beauty. | — | 1 |
| The Lost Brother | 203 | — |
| The Mad Priest | — | 282 |
| The Magic Mirror | — | 114 |
| The Magic Path | — | 36 |
| The Magic Sword | 124 | — |
| Magical Arts | 47 | — |
| The Magnanimous Girl | 160 | — |
| Making Animals Refers to stories of Taoist sorcery where humans are transformed into animals or inanimate objects are brought to life. | — | 265 |
| The Man who was changed into a Crow | 278 | — |
| The Man who was thrown down a Well | 365 | — |
| The Marriage Lottery | 428 | — |
| The Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter Foxes in these stories are often huli jing, supernatural beings capable of taking human form and possessing magical powers. | 26 | — |
| The Marriage of the Virgin Goddess | — | 257 |
| The Master-thief | 347 | — |
| Metempsychosis Metempsychosis The philosophical term for the migration of a soul into a new body after death; reincarnation. | — | 207 |
| The “Mirror and Listen” Trick A form of divination where one carries a mirror and listens to the first words spoken by strangers on the street to predict the future. | — | 251 |
| Miss Chiao-no | 33 | — |
| Miss Lien-Hsiang, The Fox-girl | 168 | — |
| Miss Quarta Hu original: "Quarta"; refers to the fourth daughter (from the Latin quartus). | 152 | — |
| Miss Ying-ning; or, the Laughing Girl | 106 | — |
| Mr. Tung; or, Virtue Rewarded | — | 244 |
| Mr. Willow and the Locusts | — | 242 |
| The Mysterious Head | — | 135 |
| The Painted Skin A classic horror story in which a scholar discovers that a beautiful woman is actually a demon wearing a mask made of human skin. | 76 | — |
| The Painted Wall A story about a traveler who enters the world of a mural painted on a temple wall. | 9 | — |
| The Performing Mice | 218 | — |
| Perseverance Rewarded | 186 | — |
| The Picture Horse | — | 286 |
| The Pious Surgeon | — | 351 |
| Planchette Planchette Referring to fuji, or "spirit-writing," a traditional Chinese method of divination where a spirit guides a stylus over a tray of sand to write messages. | — | 295 |
| Planting a Pear Tree A famous tale of a Taoist priest who uses illusion to punish a stingy fruit seller. | 14 | — |
| Playing at Hanging | 354 | — |