本书从《搜神记》《太平广记》《聊斋志异》《阅微草堂笔记》《子不语》等经典著作中，精心遴选了具有代表性的神怪故事，有阴阳情恋、人狐结合、转世投胎、阎罗判案、动物通灵等，借狐、鬼、神、妖影射所处时代下的社会现实，传达出为人处世的深刻哲理，同时劝诫世人要正心积善。这些故事或玄妙，或诡异，或恐怖离奇，或悬疑惊悚，若在夜晚读来，更觉神秘、刺激，遐想连连，异趣横生。(From such classic works as "Anecdotes about Spirits and Immortals", "Records of the Taiping Era", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", "Fantastic Tales by Ji Xiaolan" and "Silent Girl", the book selects deliberately some representative stories of gods and spirits, including Yin and Yang Love, Man and Fox, Reincarnation, Yama Cases, Psychic Animals, etc.. By insinuating the social reality of the times with foxes, ghosts, gods, and demons, it communicates the profound philosophy for behaving in life as well as advises people to be upright and kind. These stories are mysterious, bizarre, horrible and strange, or suspending and thrilling. If it is read at night time, one will feel even more mysterious and excited, become lost in wild and fanciful thoughts and experience difference of tastes and interests.)