Today and Yesterday Story -(Complete Three Volumes)

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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This is a collection of folk tales from the late period of the (Japan). It consists of a total of thirty-one volumes. Volumes 1 to 5 are the part about India (Tianzhu), volumes 6 to 10 are the part about China (Zhandian), and volumes 11 to 31 are the part about Japan (this country). It contains over a thousand stories in total. The content includes Buddhist stories and secular stories. The former explain the merits of Buddhist faith, while the latter narrate anecdotes of historical figures, as well as moral stories of filial sons and heroic women. Additionally, there are various legendary tales such as literary, love, animal, monster, fox, immortal, thief, and other kinds of stories. Each story contains a fable with popular life lessons. Since each volume begins with the words "Jinxi" (), the book is titled "Jinxi" ().