Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: A Random Talk About the Scholars Outside the Confucian Forest

Author: Zhang Guofeng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Ancient Chinese literary works, apart from some widely circulated poems in Tang and Song dynasties, the most influential among contemporary readers are probably novels. Among these, besides the four major brands—Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Dream of the Red Chamber—other works with a large readership include Three Words and Two Stories, Golden Chamber of the Jade Lute, Story of the Scholars, and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. In contrast to the widespread popularity of novels among the public, academic research on them has tended to develop towards complex textual and metaphysical theories. How to build a bridge between scholarly research and the mass reading of the general public has been a long-standing question and direction of our efforts. To this end, we designed this series of "Mansuo Books" and launched the first volume in 2000.