Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Folk Tales in Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties

The Complete Collection of Ancient Chinese Folktales·Pre-Qin and Han Dynasties is part of the long series of ancient Chinese folktales. This book systematically compiles folk tales from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, covering story materials from various documents such as prose by scholars, historical records, literati's notes, religious classics, and folk manuscripts. Professor Gu Xijia has spent more than 20 years researching and organizing, striving to comprehensively present the richness and diversity of folk tales from this period. Folktales from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties have important cultural and historical value. These stories not only reflect the customs, religious beliefs and moral concepts of the society at that time, but also contain rich imagination and creativity. For example, fables from the pre-Qin period are widely found in the works of various schools of thought, such as "Zhuang Zhou Dreams of Butterflies" in Zhuangzi. These stories convey profound philosophies through vivid metaphors and metaphors. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.