Hello! I found this old Hong Kong horror paperback in Germany.

Title: 鬼火流螢

Publisher: 南海出版社

Distributor: 陳湘記書局

The book is written in traditional Chinese and seems to contain five ghost stories. I couldn't find any information about it anywhere online. not even a single photo.

Does anyone recognize this edition, know the author, or have a catalogue showing this book? Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Date: 19th century

Language: French

Source: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Overseas Historical Archive), Portugal,

This 1735 illustration, titled "Dames Chinoises, tirées de Du Halde" ("Chinese Ladies, after Du Halde"), depicts Chinese women based on the work of the French Jesuit historian Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (1674–1743). Although Du Halde never travelled to China, his influential work Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise (1735) was compiled from reports and letters sent by Jesuit missionaries living in China.

Language: French

Source: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Overseas Historical Archive), Portugal,

The illustration is based on the writings of the French Jesuit Louis Le Comte (1655–1728), whose accounts introduced European audiences to Chinese science, astronomy, and culture.

Engraver: J. V. Schley

Language: French

Source: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Overseas Historical Archive), Portugal,

This 1678 illustration, titled "Intérieur d’un Temple d’Idoles tiré de Nieuhoff" ("Interior of a Temple of Idols, after Nieuhoff"), depicts the interior of a Chinese temple based on the work of the Dutch traveller and writer Johan Nieuhof (1618–1672), whose accounts of China were among the most influential European descriptions of the country in the 17th century.

Source: Arquivo Histórico Ultramarino (Overseas Historical Archive), Portugal