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As soon as "Shishuoxinyu" came out, it was widely recited by people all over the world. Over the next fifteen hundred years, scholars and scholars who praised it emerged one after another. "Shishuoxinyu" is quite similar to today's miniature novels. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. It is the prototype of Chinese novels and an aesthetic product of the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Readers who love Chinese literature, especially those who are passionate about art and beauty, will regret not reading this book.

"Shishuoxinyu" is a "novel about aspirational people" compiled by Liu Yiqing in the Southern Dynasty. It mainly records the conversational habits and anecdotes of the gentry class in the late Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, and the Jin Dynasty. It truly reflects the customs and social features of the people of this era, and involves people ranging from emperors, generals, and ministers to scholars and monks. Therefore, it has become an important historical material for studying the history of this period. Based on the principles of storytelling, interest and philosophy, this book excerpts some of the wonderful contents of Shishuo Xinyu, and comprehensively and vividly restores the style of the late Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties in the form of original text, annotations and translations.