Aesop's Fables

Author: Feng Menglong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Feng Menglong's A Dream of??, Clarifying the World with, and Awakening the World with compile Tang and Song Dynasty vernacular short stories, providing a valuable legacy for the treasure trove of ancient Chinese fiction. Clarifying the World with (Complete Edition) is a hardcover version of Clarifying the World with! On that day, the sky was clear and bright, with not a single cloud in sight. Zhang Shao put on his finest clothes and stood alone at the village gate, gazing out. As noon approached, he still did not see his arrival. Fearing he might miss the planting and harvesting of crops, his mother instructed Zhang Qin to go to the fields himself. Hearing the barking of dogs from the village, Zhang Shao went to look again, doing so six or seven times. As he watched the red sun sink below the horizon, a half-moon appeared in the sky. His mother stepped outside and called her brother, saying, "You've stood there for too long and must be tired. Perhaps Grandmaster won't be coming today. Let's have dinner first."
Feng Menglong and his works, whether during his lifetime or after, have experienced numerous twists and turns. On one hand, he was welcomed, revered, and praised by people; his works "flew without wings and walked without legs," spread rapidly, and remained popular over time. On the other hand, he was constantly misunderstood, denied, and criticized, and his works were often mocked, attacked, and even burned. It is precisely because of this that Feng Menglong has attracted great interest from academic researchers. Feng Menglong's A Dream of??, Clarifying the World with, and Awakening the World with compile Tang and Song Dynasty vernacular short stories, providing a valuable legacy for the treasure trove of ancient Chinese fiction. On that day, the sky was clear and bright, with not a single cloud in sight. Zhang Shao put on his finest clothes and stood alone at the village gate, gazing out. As noon approached, he still did not see his arrival. Fearing he might miss the planting and harvesting of crops, his mother instructed Zhang Qin to go to the fields himself. Hearing the barking of dogs from the village, Zhang Shao went to look again, doing so six or seven times. As he watched the red sun sink below the horizon, a half-moon appeared in the sky. His mother stepped outside and called her brother, saying, "You've stood there for too long and must be tired. Perhaps Grandmaster won't be coming today. Let's have dinner first."