Waking World Everlasting Stories

Author: Ming Feng Menglong
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: ▼ Complete Content ▼ Sandalwood Aroma ▼ Compact and Lightweight ▼ Original Illustrations ▼ Portable —— Short-story vernacular fiction flourished in the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty, and Feng Menglong's "San Yan" stands as one of the most accomplished and influential works of that era. It "extremely depicts the diversity of human emotions and life's joys and sorrows," serving as the most important collection of vernacular short stories from the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties. Its emergence marked the climax of the compilation and creation of ancient vernacular short stories. —— "San Yan" is the collective title for three novel collections: "Yushi Mingyan," "Jingshi Tongyan," and "Xingshi Hengyan." These works are comprehensive masterpieces that blend the old and the new, the ancient and the modern. Some are compiled and adapted from previous old texts, while others are re-created by collecting and reinterpreting notes, legendary tales, operas, historical stories, and even social rumors, drawing widely from various sources and fusing them into a cohesive whole, providing a comprehensive and multi-layered reflection of late Ming society.