Cai Huaiting's Story and Research

About This Novel

Cai Huaiting (1557-1621), named Chengzhi, courtesy name Yiren, and nickname Huaiting, was a native of You County, Hunan. Cai Huaiting once served as the magistrate of Jiaxing Prefecture in Zhejiang Province and the Minister of Dapu Temple in Nanjing. He was indifferent and honest, and was known as the "Four Gentlemen". He was a devout Buddhist believer who had been under the disciples of Master Lianchi. His deeds are recorded in Buddhist classics such as Peng Shaosheng's "The Biography of Lay Scholars" and Peng Xisu's "Records of Pure Land Sages". The story of Cai Huaiting was once widely circulated in You County and its surrounding counties and cities, and had a great influence. However, with the popularity of modern media, its spread scope has become smaller and smaller. Documents such as Cai's genealogy and "The Legend of Cai Huaiting" (internally published) compiled in recent years have included and used his story, but they are very incomplete and there is no relevant research at all. With the goal of preserving and studying Cai Huaiting's story, this book is divided into three parts: upper, middle and lower. The first volume contains about 40 more exciting stories so that people can have a specific and clear impression of Cai Huaiting's story. The middle editor examines Cai Huaiting's life experience and personal beliefs, and studies the development, evolution, subject matter sources and morphological characteristics of Cai Huaiting's stories. The second part collects and sorts out the classical literature related to Cai Huaiting and Cai Huaiting's story, so that people can have a more comprehensive understanding of Cai Huaiting's story. This research form that brings together specific stories and legends, systematic research on stories and legends, and relevant historical materials of stories and legends is a new way of organizing and researching folk literature.

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