Two Beats and Two Moments of Surprise (annotated Series of Chinese Classic Novels)

About This Novel

"Er Pai" is the collective name of "The Surprise at the First Moment" and "The Surprise at the Second Moment" written by the famous writer Ling Shuchu of the Ming Dynasty. It is also collectively known as "San Yan Er Pai" with "San Yan" compiled by the famous Ming Dynasty writer Feng Menglong. It enjoys a high status in the history of Chinese literature and is as famous as the "Four Great Classics" and "The Plum in the Golden Vase". "The Surprise at the Second Moment" is a collection of narrative novels written by Ling Shuchu of the Ming Dynasty. Together with "The Surprise at the First Moment", it is collectively known as "Er Pai". It is the last volume of the "Three Words and Two Pai" series and is also one of the important representative works of ancient short stories in my country. The creative purpose of "Surprise at the Second Moment" is the same as "Surprise at the First Moment", which is to comprehensively reflect the social life of the civil class in the late Ming Dynasty. Its content mainly includes the following aspects: 1. Expressing love, marriage and sexual relations; 2. Expressing the thoughts and behaviors of feudal officials; 3. Expressing the life of businessmen and their ideological world. The book is complex and rich in ideological content, and there are some superstitious and obscene chapters that were criticized by later generations of critics. But overall, the book reflects the new ideas and concepts of the emerging citizen class to a certain extent. The traditional morality it advocates also has undeniable healthy elements, and the mainstream is still relatively good.

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