Read the Notes from the Weimo Study (Color Illustration and Text Classic) (Collection of Classics of Chinese Traditional Culture) (Color Illustration and Text Classic)

Author: Ji Yun
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: Record of a Myriad of Fragments is a work from Ji Yun's later years. As the sources of the stories are diverse, the content appears rich and varied, a mix of fine and coarse, and both refined and vulgar. It includes tales of the upper class, anecdotes of officialdom, human emotions, and historical records, as well as the trivial conversations of the lower classes, strange events, medical practices, astrology, and tales of gods, ghosts, and fox spirits. These stories, ranging from elegant to mundane, and from conventional to extraordinary, reflect the social life of the time from various perspectives, revealing the contradictions of society and showcasing the virtues and vices of individuals at different stages.