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Recollections of Tao An's Dreams and Dreams of the West Lake: Collection of Zhang Dai's Writings (complete Works of Zhang Dai)

(ming Dynasty) Written By Zhang Dai And Edited By Luan Baoqun

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This book is one of the "Collections of Zhang Dai's Works". "Dream Seeking the West Lake" and "Tao'an Dream Memories" are short essays with a fresh style. The author is Zhang Dai, a famous essayist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. "Memories of Dreams in Tao'an" and "Dreams in West Lake" are two representative works by Zhang Dai, a famous essayist in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and the "master of sketches". They are short essays with a fresh style. Tao'an is Zhang Dai's nickname, and "Tao'an Dream Memories" is Zhang Dai's memoirs. It mainly writes about things he experienced in his early years, covering everything from teahouses and restaurants, cockfighting and bird raising, lighting lanterns to welcome the gods, crafts, calligraphy and painting, etc., Forming a beautiful picture of life in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty. "Dreams of the West Lake" focuses on Hangzhou, describing the customs and customs in Hangzhou in detail. The luxury and magnificence of the late Ming Dynasty surprised even today's people; this collection is different from "Memories of Tao'an Dreams". Zhang Dai returned to Hangzhou after experiencing the revolution of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and also recorded the dilapidated scene after the military disaster.