Yasuo's Small Houses - (Full Two Volumes) (Illustrated Classic Edition)

Author: Liang Shiqiu
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Liang Shiqiu's works have numerous versions of various sizes in China and remain popular. To showcase the overall essence of Liang Gong's prose, we selected representative essays, short stories, musings, notes,, and reviews from his works to compile the four-volume Yashu Collection, catering to the needs of readers. This book consists of four volumes, with detailed contents including: Yashu Xiaopin·Volume I, Yashu, Children, Music, Letters, Women, Men, Foreign Crimes, Humility, Clothing, Wedding Ceremonies, Illness, Anonymous Letters, the Sixth Duty, Dogs, Guests, Handshakes, Playing Go, Writing, Exhibitions, Face Paintings; Yashu Xiaopin·Volume II, Old, Bathing, Trees, Viewing Paintings, Canes, Toothpicks, Sleeping, Garbage, A Discussion on the Suicide of a Chef, Sightseeing, Filth, Dogs, Old Age, Deafness, Respecting the Elderly, Retirement, Hair, Anger, Silence, Outside the Window, Eating Habits, Snow; Yashu Xiaopin·Volume III, Study Room, Gift-Giving, Queuing, Firecrackers, Preserved Pork, The Inspiration of Turnip Soup,, Age, Spittoons, Moving, Reading Newspapers; Yashu Xiaopin·Volume IV, Let "Beer" Be Beer, Punctuality, Couplets, Seals, Money, Diligence, etc.
After its publication, Yashu Xiaopin immediately became popular in the Chinese-speaking world, with over 300 versions released. Its content draws from the trivialities of everyday life, brimming with humor while exuding elegance, gentleness, simplicity, kindness, and naturalness. The emotions are sincere, the themes profound, the tone magnanimous, amiable, and tranquil—much like the blossoming of spring flowers.