Chinese Classical Novel Dictionary

Author: Liu Yeqiu, Zhu Yixuan, Zhang Shouqian, Jiang Dongfu, Editors-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 1998-07-01
Features: Chinese classical fiction, with a long history. Since the 20th century, it has been increasingly valued. To summarize the achievements of predecessors and provide convenience for researchers and enthusiasts, our publishing house specially invited Liu Yeqiu, Zhu Yixuan, Zhang Shouqian, and Jiang Dongfu as Editors-in-Chief. Experts from all over the country contributed articles, resulting in the compilation of the "Comprehensive Dictionary of Chinese Classical Fiction." The book's features are as follows: First, it begins with a General Introduction section, providing an overall study of classical fiction, including fiction criticism, editions, series, journals, research works, and others. Second, it includes both classical (wenyan) and vernacular (baihua) fiction, striving to collect as many known works as possible. Third, it provides dedicated entries for the authors, editions, and critical studies of each fictional work. The completion date of this book was 1990.