Chinese People's Gods and Ghosts

"The Son does not talk about monsters, power, chaos, and gods." Although the sage teacher Confucius taught this, stories of gods and ghosts have always continued in the long history of Chinese culture. Myths and legends such as the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, Butterfly Lovers, White Snake, Journey to the West, Fengshenbang, and Liaozhai have been passed down from generation to generation. Gods, gods, ghosts, and ghosts have also entered poetry, opera, literati's notes and other genres and become a fixed theme. Why do these mythical stories have such powerful vitality? The answer given by cultural scholar Zhang Yinan is: because the Chinese people have integrated their own real life into it and placed their wisdom and secret dreams on it from generation to generation. The author combines his profound knowledge of classical literature with the perspectives of anthropology, psychology, and history to give a new and bold interpretation of Chinese classical literature on gods and monsters, leading readers to understand the spiritual world hidden in Chinese magical realism.