Three Words·eternal Words to Awaken the World (annotation Series of Chinese Classic Novels)
by G
About This Novel
"Three Words" is the collective name of "Mingyan", "Words to Warn the World" and "Everlasting Words to Awaken the World" compiled by the famous Ming Dynasty writer Feng Menglong. It is also collectively known as "Sanyan Erpai" together with "Erpai" written by the famous Ming Dynasty writer Ling Shuchu. It enjoys a high status in the history of Chinese literature and is as famous as the "Four Great Classics" and "Jin Ping Mei". "Eternal Words to Awaken the World", compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty, is one of the collections of ancient vernacular short stories. Together with the previous "Essays to Tell the World" and "Words to Warning the World", it is collectively known as the "Three Words". Among the "Three Words", it is the most widely circulated, influential and most talked about. The themes may come from folklore, historical biographies and novels of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the editors have many creative elements. "Eternal Words for Awakening the World" shows some new characteristics in terms of content and themes. For example, "Shi Runze Meets Friends at the Beach", which expresses the prosperity of urban and rural industry and commerce in the late Ming Dynasty, is the most famous one; "The Oil Seller Monopolizes the Oiran" and "Su Xiaomei's Groom in Three Difficulties" and other chapters have created new characters with new ideas and new morals, with a distinct mark of the times. In terms of art, it is more mature, the characters are full and vivid, the personalities are distinct, and the plot design is more compact and clever, showing the author's ingenuity. Colloquial and life-oriented literary language is used more skillfully and naturally, showing various styles that may be subtle, funny, exciting, or sad.
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