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This book is a collection of ancient Chinese jokes and humorous sketches, divided into 36 parts in total. The author Feng Menglong collected a large number of ridiculous and interesting stories from the official history and unofficial history notes of the past dynasties, exposing the ugly phenomena of society and various weird and pathological phenomena. It can not only entertain the readers, but also educate and warn themselves. It is a very enlightening reading. Most of the content is allusions from past dynasties, such as the famous "state officials set fire" and so on.

The works included in "Three Words", whether they are old pieces from the Song and Yuan Dynasty, new works from the Ming Dynasty or Feng Menglong's drafts, have been added, deleted and retouched by Feng Menglong to varying degrees. These works have a wide range of themes and complex contents. There are condemnations of the ugliness of feudal bureaucracy and praise of the virtues of upright officials, as well as songs about friendship and love. Songhe denounces treachery and heartless behavior. What is more noteworthy is that many of the works of "Erpai" reflect the lives of citizens and their ideologies, so most of the chapters have a certain appeal and the language is more vivid.

"Eternal Words to Awaken the World", a collection of short stories in vernacular. Compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty, it is collectively known as "Three Words" together with Feng's other two story collections, "Yu Shi Ming Yan" (i. E., "Ancient and Modern Novels") and "Warning World Tong Yan". The themes come from folklore, historical biographies and novels of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The editor has many creative elements.

This book is a famous long historical novel. As early as the Yuan Dynasty, there were some vernacular versions of stories about the "States". During the Jiajing and Longqing periods of the Ming Dynasty, Yu Shaoyu compiled a "Biography of the Nations". In the late Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong revised and polished the "Biography of the Nations" based on the historical biographies, and it became the "New Chronicles of the Nations" with 108 chapters. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Cai Yuanfang revised the book and named it "Records of the Countries of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty".

This book is a collection of Huaben and Huahua novels compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. It is collectively called "Three Words" together with the other two collections of novels compiled by him, "Yu Shi Ming Yan" and "Awakening Shi Heng Yan". "Jingshi Tongyan" contains forty novels written in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties. All works have been processed by Feng Menglong to varying degrees, and some have even been rewritten. Some of them can be definitely referred to as Feng Menglong's personal works, such as "Old Disciple Repays His Gratitude in Three Lives" and so on. Most of these forty novels are "cautionary" works, and nearly half of them reflect love and marriage and family changes caused by love and marriage. In addition, there are some works in "Warning Words" that express traditional themes such as friendship, chivalry, joys and sorrows, intelligence, anecdotes, etc. The contents may be touching, the plots may be tortuous, or they may be humorous, and most of them can teach and inspire people.

"Eternal Words for Awakening the World", "Eternal Words for Awakening the World" and "Words for Warning the World" are collectively called "Three Words". The book has forty volumes. Like "Mingyan" and "Tongyan", its themes come from folklore, historical biographies and novels of the Tang and Song Dynasties. The editor has many creative elements. The content is well-edited, the image is clear, the structure is substantial and complete, and the description is delicate. It reflects the social outlook and citizens' thoughts and feelings at that time to varying degrees.

"Jingshi Tongyan" describes the lives of citizens in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, showing the persecution they suffered under the rule of the feudal dark forces and their resistance struggles. Love descriptions account for a large proportion in the works of "Warning to the World", which generally reflect the more common social problems at that time, especially the misfortunes of women. Among them, "Du Shiniang Sinks the Treasure Box in Anger" represents the highest achievement of the Ming Dynasty's scripts in both ideological and artistic terms. "Warning to the World" also has some works that promote loyalty, such as "Lu Dalang Returns Gold and Flesh and Bones", which emphasizes the need to be generous with temporary wealth, "Zhao Taizu Sends Thousand Miles to Jingniang" highlights selfless help to others, and "Gui Yuan's Confession while Traveling" criticizes ungrateful behavior from the negative side, all of which reflect the moral concepts of the citizen class. However, there are many works in "Jingshi Tongyan", such as "Old Disciple Repays His Gratitude in Three Lives", "Chen Kechang Sitting on the Dragon Boat Festival", etc., Which advocate feudal morality and promote religious superstition. This shows that even some excellent works are often mixed with some backward ideological elements and show considerable limitations.

"Eternal Words to Awaken the World" is a collection of short stories in vernacular compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. This book collects 40 stories in different styles since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Some of these stories come from historical biographies, some come from notes and novels of past dynasties, and the most fundamental sources are directly from folklore stories and from the actual life of society. Through these storylines and characters, the social life and people's wishes at that time are reflected from different angles and to varying degrees. It is rich in content, some reflecting love and marriage; some praising feudal officials and exposing the darkness of officialdom; some praising chivalry and denouncing ingratitude. The plot of the story is bizarre and twists, the characters have distinctive personalities and are full of interest.

"Eternal Words to Awaken the World" is a collection of short stories in vernacular compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. This book collects 40 stories in different styles since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Some of these stories come from historical biographies, some come from notes and novels of past dynasties, and the most fundamental sources are directly from folklore stories and from the actual life of society. Through these storylines and characters, the social life and people's wishes at that time are reflected from different angles and to varying degrees. It is rich in content, some reflecting love and marriage; some praising feudal officials and exposing the darkness of officialdom; some praising chivalry and denouncing ingratitude. The plot of the story is bizarre and twists, the characters have distinctive personalities and are full of interest.

"Yu Shi Ming Yan", formerly known as "Ancient and Modern Novels", was compiled by Feng Menglong, a litterateur in the Ming Dynasty. As the first mature collection of vernacular short stories in the history of Chinese literature, it is like a long picture depicting the life of the people in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties, establishing the literary status of vernacular novels. This book contains a total of forty stories, covering a wide range of topics. Feng Menglong took the name "Yu Shi" and aimed to "use the true feelings between men and women to spread the fake medicine of Mingjiao". Many of them are sincere tributes to love and friendship, and some use ancient stories to satirize the present, using historical stories to show the darkness of officialdom and the bleakness of the world. The stories in the book often involve encounters with ghosts and magic, but at their core they always focus on real life, admonishing the world that good and evil will be rewarded, and the principles of nature are clear. Its narrative is tactful, the characters are full, and the language is popular and vivid. It was not only widely circulated at the time, but also provided an endless source of inspiration for later literary and artistic creations.

"Awakening the World" is a collection of vernacular short stories compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. It was first published in 1627 (the seventh year of tomorrow). The themes may come from folk facts, historical biographies and stories from the Tang and Song Dynasties. Except for a few old works from the Song and Yuan Dynasties, most of them are works from the Ming Dynasty, and some are imitations by Feng. The image is clear, the structure is substantial and complete, and the description is delicate. It reflects the social outlook and citizens' thoughts and feelings at that time to varying degrees. But some works contain feudal preaching, karma propaganda and pornographic rendering. "Eternal Words to Awaken the World" is divided into two volumes, the upper and lower volumes, including forty stories. There are two excellent works in the entire Song and Yuan scripts, and "Naofanlou Passionate Zhou Shengxian" is one of them, which is included in the first volume.

"Words to Warn the World" is a collection of short stories in vernacular compiled by Feng Menglong, a writer in the late Ming Dynasty. Together with Feng Menglong's other two novels "Awakening Words to Awaken the World" and "Yingshi Mingyan", they are collectively known as "Three Words" by later generations. Together with Ling Shuchu's "Surprise at the First Moment" and "Surprise at the Second Moment" by Ling Shuchu, they are also known as "Three Words and Two Pai". As a peak of ancient vernacular short stories, "Jingshi Tongyan" contains a total of forty stories in the Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties in both scripts and pseudo-hua scripts. The themes of "Words to Warn the World" are all-encompassing, including marriage, love and women's fate, fame and fortune and the vicissitudes of life, strange and unjust cases and the weird world, which focus on the thoughts, artistic characteristics and achievements of "Three Words". Except for "Old Disciple III Repaying Favor" written by Feng Menglong, which has been confirmed to be written by Feng Menglong himself, the other works included in the collection were processed and organized by the editor. Among them, "Du Shiniang sank her treasure chest in anger", "Spring falls in the Yutang and it is hard to find a husband", "Yu Boya threw his zither to thank his close friend", "Li banished the immortal with drunken grass and frightened the barbarians", etc. Are all popular famous works.

"Eternal Words to Awaken the World" is a collection of short stories in vernacular compiled by Feng Menglong in the late Ming Dynasty. This book collects 40 stories in different styles since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Some of these stories come from historical biographies, some come from notes and novels of past dynasties, and the most fundamental sources are directly from folklore stories and from the actual life of society. Through these storylines and characters, the social life and people's wishes at that time are reflected from different angles and to varying degrees. It is rich in content, some reflecting love and marriage; some praising feudal officials and exposing the darkness of officialdom; some praising chivalry and denouncing ingratitude. The plot of the story is bizarre and twists, the characters have distinctive personalities and are full of interest.