This book provides you Mandarin Chinese learning course study materials, specially designed for the intermediate level ( HSK Level 5 ) students of Mandarin Chinese. The book includes numerous lessons for reading and learning Chinese ghost stories (聊斋志异), originally created by the renowned novelist Pu Songling (蒲松龄, 1640-1715) from the Qing Dynasty (清朝, 1636 -1912). The lessons include multiple Chinese stories composed of simplified Chinese characters , words , sentences , etc. The book is suitable for self-learning Mandarin Chinese. Plenty of vocabulary with English and Pinyin has been provided throughout the book. Some chapters are purposely too simple, some a bit difficult. However, all chapters are suitable for the Level 5 students. Even if you are an advanced level student of Mandarin Chinese, you should give a try to this book and test your Mandarin abilities. Additional resources, including eBooks (pdf format) and lessons, are available on my website ( ChineseLessons.net ).