Dictionary of Appreciating Ancient Novels. Volume 2

Author: Huang Lin
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Ancient Chinese fiction has a long history, with a lengthy process of incubation, emergence, and development. The concept of fiction has also evolved over time. The novels collected in this book span a wide time frame and cover a broad range of themes, including myths, fables, anecdotes, supernatural tales, romances, storytelling scripts, and serial chapters, with numerous masterpieces selected from each category. The book is rich in content, with outstanding works appearing one after another, showcasing the unique charm of ancient Chinese fiction from different historical periods and social perspectives. The critical essays in the book attempt to analyze and evaluate the original texts from the perspectives of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, while also striving to uncover their aesthetic and cultural heritage value to help readers enjoy the artistic experience. The book collects nearly 600 novels from the pre-Qin period to the late Qing Dynasty. The main text generally includes three parts: the original novel, annotations, and critical essays, to save space, with the original texts of commonly available and easily accessible novels omitted. The versions of the novels are chosen with good judgment and supplemented with appropriate annotations. Multiple annotations needed for the same clause are combined into one reference code.
Ancient Chinese fiction has a long history, with a lengthy process of incubation, emergence, and development. The concept of fiction has also evolved over time. The novels collected in this book span a wide time frame and cover a broad range of themes, including myths, fables, anecdotes, supernatural tales, romances, storytelling scripts, and serial chapters, with numerous masterpieces selected from each category. The book is rich in content, with outstanding works appearing one after another, showcasing the unique charm of ancient Chinese fiction from different historical periods and social perspectives. The critical essays in the book attempt to analyze and evaluate the original texts from the perspectives of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, while also striving to uncover their aesthetic and cultural heritage value to help readers enjoy the artistic experience. The book collects nearly 600 novels from the pre-Qin period to the late Qing Dynasty. The main text generally includes three parts: the original novel, annotations, and critical essays, to save space, with the original texts of commonly available and easily accessible novels omitted. The versions of the novels are chosen with good judgment and supplemented with appropriate annotations. Multiple annotations needed for the same clause are combined into one reference code.