Are Yuewei Caotang Notes and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio important collections of China classical prose?

It's not a collection of essays. Liaozhai is a wonderful book by Pu Songling, a story between a man and a ghost, which satisfies the curiosity of the citizens, such as painting a skin. Notes are short stories recorded by Ji Xiaolan in all aspects. The influence at that time, serial first, notes second.