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This book is a famous collection of ancient Arabic folktales. It is called "Arabian Nights" in the West, but has a unique name in China: "Arabian Nights". "Tianfang" is the ancient Chinese name for Arabia. This name alone is enough to transport people to a mysterious and exotic world. It is one of the most vital, most famous, most read and influential works in the world. At the same time, with its simple status as folk literature, it can be ranked among the world's classics, which can be called a miracle in the history of world literature.

The content of this book includes the story of the king and his brothers, Alibaba and the forty thieves, the king and the young man, the king and the country girl, the caliph and the little shepherd boy, the man who helps others without expecting anything in return, the story of the caliph, the story of the buffalo and the donkey, the story of the water bird and the turtle, the story of the little sparrow, the shepherd and the beauty, the story of the cat and the mouse, the story of the ascetic, the story of the crow and the viper, the story of the fox and the wild ass, etc.

This work tells the story of the ancient Sassan Kingdom between India and China. King Shanruyar killed his queen because of her misbehavior. After that, he married a girl every day and killed her the next morning as revenge. In order to save the innocent woman, Scheherazade, the daughter of the prime minister, voluntarily married the king and attracted the king by telling stories. She told the most exciting part every night. It was just dawn and the king couldn't bear to kill her, so he allowed her to continue telling the story the next night. Her story has been told for one thousand and one nights, and the king was finally moved and grew old together with her.