San Yan Er Pai (Mechanism Xuan Paper, Silk Thread Bound)

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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Wooden box, preserves the original collection of the series, each set of books is equipped with a set of white birch wood boxes, the surface is hand-carved with exquisite patterns. Makes this book look luxurious and high-end, outstanding, antique, and can be a fine collectible and gift. "Yushi Mingyan", "Xingshi Hengyan", and "Jingshi Tongyan" are collectively known as "Three Words", with the author being Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty. "Initial Case of Surprising the World" and "Second Case of Surprising the World" are collectively known as "Two Cases", with the author being Ling Mengchu of the Ming Dynasty. Since "Three Words" and "Two Cases" were compiled in close proximity in time and had similar content and form, later generations combined them into "Three Words and Two Cases", making them a representative collection of ancient Chinese short stories and holding an important position in the history of ancient Chinese literature. This book selects the essence of the above works and accompanies them with exquisite illustrations to make reading easier for the readers. As a peak of ancient vernacular short stories, "Jingshi Tongyan" has built its own unique artistic world. Ancient Chinese vernacular novels were refined and elevated from the basis of "storytelling" and "story texts" by scholars. The story texts of the storytellers were called "story texts", and modern scholars refer to "Three Words" and "Two Cases" as "imitated story texts". Compared to the early "story texts", "Jingshi Tongyan" has undergone significant changes and developments in language, style, and structure. First, in terms of language, it changed the past separation between written and spoken language, fully adopting colloquial and clear vernacular, avoiding mixed literary and colloquial styles, and tending toward a unified style. "Xingshi Hengyan" mainly collects mature story texts, achieving a high artistic level, with a significant improvement in writing techniques compared to earlier works of the same type. The original story texts were the basis for storytelling, with strong narrative elements and winning through plot. "Xingshi Hengyan" inherits this tradition of story texts and also develops it in new ways. Most of the stories in the work do not unfold in a straight line but are full of twists and turns, with their complex and varied plots being captivating.