Three Words (Complete Edition) Awakening World Stories. Warning World Stories. Illustrating World Stories.

Author: (Ming) Feng Menglong
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Publishing Date: 2002-01-01
Features: During the Tianqi and Chongzhen years of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong successively introduced the "Three Canons" — Yushi Mingyan, Jingshi Tongyan, and Xingshi Hengyan. These one hundred and twenty story collections erected an unprecedented artistic peak, representing the highest realm of Chinese vernacular short stories anding a new era. The talented Suzhou scholar Feng Menglong devoted most of his life to collecting, organizing, and creating folk literature such as opera, novels, and folk songs, among which the "Three Canons" achieved the highest and had the greatest influence.