Top Ten Humorous Novels

Author: Lü Zhimin
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Publish Date: 2002-07-01
Features: Ancient Chinese novels have numerous classification methods. By linguistic form, they can be divided into classical Chinese novels and vernacular novels; by genre, they can be categorized as anecdotal novels, romantic tales, colloquial novels, and canto-style novels. By thematic content, there are even more classification methods. This book is one of the ten humorous novels, featuring stories such as "Xiangtao's Discussion of Childhood," "Su Xiaomei's Three Challenges to the Bridegroom," "Qiao Prefect's Messy Matchmaking," "The Alchemist's Half-Sheaf of Millet and the Nine Returns of the Wealthy," "True Writings Always Face Turbulence, False Faces Dominate Fashion," "The Book Obsessed," "The Labor Mountain Taoist," and others.