Let's talk about "Three Words" and "Two Shoots"

Author: Wang Xin
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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 Great Classical Novels" (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, Dream of the Red Chamber), other works with a large readership include "The Story of the Stone" (Jin Ping Mei), "The Scholars," and "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio." Contrary to the widespread popularity of novels among the masses, academic research on them tends to lean toward complex textual and metaphysical theories. Bridging the gap between scholarly research and the mass reading of ordinary readers has long been a question and direction of our efforts. To this end, we designed this series of "Manshuo Books," which has received positive feedback from readers since its publication.