Cai Gen Tan. You Meng Ying - (Full Annotation Edition)

Author: Hong Yingming
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: "The Root of the Vegetable" can be said to be a remarkable book. After its publication, it spread rapidly and became widely popular over more than four hundred years. The breadth of its readership and the longevity of its circulation are noteworthy in ancient Chinese classics. From the royal aristocracy of the feudal society to ordinary people in contemporary society, this book has attracted readers. "The Shadow of the Quiet Dream" is an excellent collection of concise sayings that emerged in the early Qing Dynasty. The late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty can be considered the golden age of this literary form, producing a large number of outstanding works such as Tu Long's "Sayings of the Bolo Pavilion," Chen Jiru's "Quiet Thoughts in the Small Window," Wu Congxian's "Self-Recollections in the Small Window," Lü Kun's "Whispers of Pain," and Hong Yingming's "The Root of the Vegetable." This book is also one of the representative works. Such works generally adopt the form of aphorisms,, and quotations, rich in literary charm and the sentiments of the mountains and rivers, establishing a distinct style apart from the classics, historical records, poetry, and prose.