Ancient Fiction and Folklore -- A Brief Discussion on the Culture of Ancient Fiction Series

Author: Li Zhi Tian
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Folk customs are the integration of the life phenomena of the general public. From material to spiritual, art, to language, they everywhere reveal the wisdom of the people, demonstrate their attitude towards life, and convey their various evaluations of history. Without looking beyond the phenomenon to see the essence, collecting folk customs from classical novels tends to produce more literary folkloric records rather than folkloristic studies of classical novels. Therefore, this book does not follow the previous one but starts anew, while avoiding repetition. It selects several aspects from recent insights, interweaving narration and discussion to present folk customs and also explore the cultural development patterns behind them. The chapters are not systematic, but upon completion, it was found that they lean more towards spiritual folk customs. This is a completely new,, and the previous one is the first and second editions, respectively, needing to be added together and complementing each other. However, since the title cannot be changed, they are temporarily referred to as the Liaoning Edition and the Jin Edition. It is hoped that one day they will be combined into a single book.