Ancient jokes

Author: Shi Yanbo
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: A joke is a form of literature, with a short content and a simple storyline. Its important characteristic is to expose absurd phenomena in life, aiming to achieve the purpose of ridicule and entertainment. The themes of jokes are quite broad, either mocking a wrong idea, revealing the ugly nature of some people, satirizing foolish behavior, or denying the hypocritical character of someone. In short, jokes always touch upon social phenomena in the forms of satire, humor, wit, absurdity, exaggeration, etc., to warn and educate people. There have been many joke collections throughout history, among which the earliest is "Laughing Forest" (Xiaolin) by Han Dan Chun of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period. This book selects nearly 100 jokes from Han Dan Chun's "Laughing Forest" to Qing Dynasty's "Laughing Forest Broadened" (Xiaolin Guangji), after compiling and rewriting, making it very suitable for children and teenagers to read. Moreover, some jokes are followed by knowledge windows, comments, and other educational content to broaden children's knowledge. Reading this book is highly beneficial for children in terms of inspiring wisdom, broadening horizons, enhancing humor, and cultivating comprehensive qualities.