Series of Popularized Editions of Chinese Classical Novel Masterpieces — The Second Collection of Surprising Cases That Make One Clap the Table

Author: Ling Mengchu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is one of the 30 volumes in the Popular Edition Series of Chinese Classical Novel Masterpieces. This series also includes (all available for individual purchase): Water Margin (Upper and Lower), Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Upper and Lower), Investiture of the Gods (Upper and Lower), Journey to the West (Upper and Lower), Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Chronicle of the Warring States (Upper and Lower), Dream of the Red Chamber (Upper and Lower), Outlaws of the Marsh (Upper and Lower), Warning Stories for the World (Upper and Lower), Revelations of a Hermit (Upper, Middle, and Lower), Romance of Sui and Tang (Upper and Lower), Warning Stories for the World, (Flowers in the Mirror), Records of the Literary World, The Legend of Yue Fei, Allusions to Worldly Wisdom, and The Flowers and Shadows. Alternatively, the entire series of 30 volumes can be purchased. The Popular Edition Series of Chinese Classical Novel Masterpieces includes 40 works in total, but Volume 23, "Big Sister's Soul Journey to Fulfill Her Vows, Younger Sister's Recovery Continues the Past Relationship," is the same as in the First Collection of Surprising Stories, and Volume 40, "Song Guoming's Celebration of the Lantern Festival in a Drama," is a drama, leaving 38 actual novels. The ideological content of the Second Collection of Surprising Stories is relatively complex, but overall, it reflects to some extent the emerging ideas of the urban middle class. The traditional morals it promotes also contain undeniable healthy elements, and the mainstream is generally positive. The Second Collection of Surprising Stories is a collection of fictional tales from the Ming Dynasty, together with the First Collection of Surprising Stories, forming the "Two Pings," one of the treasures of ancient Chinese short stories. The Second Collection includes 40 works, but Volume 23, "Big Sister's Soul Journey to Fulfill Her Vows, Younger Sister's Recovery Continues the Past Relationship," is the same as in the First Collection of Surprising Stories, and Volume 40, "Song Guoming's Celebration of the Lantern Festival in a Drama," is a drama, leaving 38 actual novels. The ideological content of the Second Collection of Surprising Stories is relatively complex, but overall, it reflects to some extent the emerging ideas of the urban middle class. The traditional morals it promotes also contain undeniable healthy elements, and the mainstream is generally positive.