蒲松齡《聊齋志異》作為“異史”，有不少作品記敘了那個時代所發生的歷史事件。作者的青少年時代正是滿漢民族爭戰，明清易代的時期，這一巨大的社會大動盪給山東地方無辜的百姓帶來了苦難。作者將歷史事件融入民間信仰，寫了一系列鬼魂故事反映這段血腥歷史，見證了那個大動亂的戰爭時代給民眾帶來的苦難以及這段特殊時代的明朝官員與士族的行止。論文指出，用民間鬼魂信仰反映戰亂歷史，這正是《聊齋志異》“異史”的立意所在。這類作品既是對志怪小說創作的突破，也是珍貴的地方史料。

In Pu Songling’s “Strange history", there are many works of that era
narrative of historical events that occurred. It is the era of the arrival of Manchu ethnic people fighting on behalf during the transition between the Ming and Qing period. It was a great social upheaval of the Shandong province and bring the suffering of innocent people. The integration of the historical events of folk beliefs, write a series of ghost stories reflecting this bloody history. It witnessed the upheaval of the war era to the people and this special period of the Ming
Dynasty officials and gentry behavior. Paper pointed out that with the civil war ghost beliefs reflect history; this is the "Strange history" conception described by Pu Songling. Such work is not only a breakthrough in mystery novels, but also valuable for local facts.