Wonderful scenery of ancient and modern times

Author: (Ming) Baongong Laoren
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Publishing Date: 2005-03-01
Features: The collection includes forty works from Jin-Gu Qi-Guan, reflecting the life and thoughts of the urban class from multiple perspectives. It embodies the new ideas emerging during the early stages of capitalism while retaining negative and vulgar old consciousness. Some pieces also depict deities and immortals, promote feudal ethical codes, and include erotic content. This interplay of progress and backwardness is a fundamental characteristic of the emerging urban literature of that time. In terms of artistic expression, many of the excellent works in Jin-Gu Qi-Guan emphasize a complete storyline, intricate plots, and rich details. They employ various techniques to portray the psychology and character of characters, creating well-rounded archetypes with positive ideological content and high artistic standards. The works selected for Jin-Gu Qi-Guan are limited to the Ming Dynasty and do not include older pieces from the Song and Yuan periods. The forty selected works generally embody the main ideological spirit of San Yan Er Pai, including many of its more outstanding works.