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A collection of short vernacular novels from the Ming Dynasty, set in the urban life as the background, using bizarre plots to reveal the greed and anger of human nature. It is both moral admonishment and entertainment. Its narrative style is close to citizen culture, and it is the material for studying popular literature and social ethics in the late Ming Dynasty.

Each chapter of "Happy Enemies" contains a story, mostly about the love between a man and a woman, and there are quite a few legends in it. Because these stories were strange, had twists and turns, and described the lives of the lower class people, they were very popular among general readers at the time. The content includes: Hua Erniang cleverly recognizes her lover; Wu Qianli is a beauty in two generations; Li Yuexian gives up her love to save her husband; coriander roots are used to rape the married woman; peonies bloom in September in Riyi Garden, etc.