San Yan: Awakening World Stories, Warning World Stories, Illustrating World Stories

Author: Feng Menglong
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: During the Tianqi and Chongzhen years of the Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong successively released the "Three Canons" — Clarifying Worldly Affairs, Warning the World, and Awakening the World. These one hundred and twenty story collections stood tall as an unprecedented artistic peak, representing the highest realm of Chinese vernacular short stories and ushering in a new era. The talented Suzhou scholar Feng Menglong devoted most of his life to collecting, organizing, and creating folk literature such as operas, novels, and folk songs. Among these, the "Three Canons" achieved the highest level of success and had the most profound influence.