Youyang zazu is an important Tang dynasty miscellany by the erudite and well-traveled chronicler, Duan Chengshi (c. 800-863). Duan collected over thirteen hundred anecdotes, notes, and tales, which he recorded based on firsthand information, hearsay, and books. Duan's entries treat a fantastically broad array of subjects, including tattoos, fancy foods, supernatural occurrences, flora and fauna, temple art of Chang'an, and falconry.

唐朝段成式的《酉陽雜俎》，“多詭怪不經之談，荒渺無稽之物，而遺文秘籍，亦往往錯齣其中，故論者雖病其浮誇，而不能不相徵引”(《四庫全書總目》)。該書包含瞭段成式的傳記、版本、主要內容概要以及145篇翻譯。

卡麗•E•裏德（Carrie E. Reed），1995年從華盛頓大學獲得中國文學博士學位，現執教於美國佛濛特州明德學院（Middlebury College）。