Research on Popular Characters and Colloquialisms in Ming and Qing Dynasty Novels

Author: Zhou Zhifeng
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a specialized study on colloquial characters and phrases in Ming and Qing vernacular novels. Ming and Qing vernacular novels belong to the category of popular literature, characterized by their массовость, oral nature, and popular style. In terms of writing form, the creators, copyists, and printers often deviated from norms, arbitrarily creating a large number of colloquial characters, colloquial phrases, and dialect words. The main content and purpose of this book are to collect, organize, and interpret these colloquial characters and words scattered across hundreds of Ming and Qing novels, and to conduct comprehensive research in conjunction with ancient book compilation, dictionary compilation, dialects, and modern Chinese. This book provides new materials, perspectives, and insights for the study of Ming and Qing novel language.