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This book narrates that during the Warring States period, Sun Bin invited himself to study the art of war at Guiguzi in Yunmeng Mountain. On the way, he met Pang Juan from Wei. The two were brothers and went to study together. Later, after completing their studies, the two returned to their respective masters. Pang Juan attacked South Korea, and Sun led his troops to rescue him. He captured Pang Juan alive on Maling Road. He also gathered the kings of the seven kingdoms and beheaded Pang Juan. Sun Bin retired after his success.

"Jie Xue Shi Hua" is divided into lower and upper levels, author unknown. This book mainly tells the anecdotes of Xie Jin, a famous figure in the Ming Dynasty. Xie Jin's deeds are widely circulated among the people, and there are also novels about him that have been handed down.

The book narrates that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the Huanghuai River was seriously flooded. The imperial court sent Zhu Heng to control the river, but accidentally killed the snake spirit who contributed to flood control. The two snakes (the predecessors of Wei Zhongxian and Ke Yinyue) then led their race to reincarnate, seeking opportunities to take revenge on those reincarnated as river workers. Its language is clear and elegant, unmatched by ordinary popular novels. In short, it is an excellent work in terms of ideological content and artistic achievement.

Seven chapters of the Qing Dynasty novel "The Romance of the Story". The novel was written from the late Ming Dynasty. The Zhu Ming Dynasty was declining, and there was great chaos in the country. Two people rebelled in the Shanshan and Shaanxi areas. One is Li Zicheng and the other is Zhang Xianzhong. Not only internal strife broke out, but also foreign invasions occurred one after another. The biggest headache for the Ming court was the intrusion of the Manchus in the northeast, which ultimately led to the disastrous defeat of the Saarhu Ming army. It shows the historical situation and is worth reading.

A popular chapter novel, the novel tells the story of Fu Heng, a native of Dantu County, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiangnan Province in the Ming Dynasty. He was an official and became a censor. He was deceived and fooled by his family member Diao Ren and his wife, and actually committed corruption and sold his title. Therefore, the powerful traitor Liu Jin sent him to the Guards and Confinement Army in Lanzhou, Shaanxi Province. His son-in-law, Zhong Zhuoran, was also killed by Diao Ren and suffered many hardships. Later, due to his meritorious service in the rebellion of Pingning King Chenhao, he was patrolled by officials to rehabilitate his father-in-law and reunite his family.

"Lu Zu Fei Jian Ji" has thirteen chapters in total. When it was written, it was famous for its "high literary talent and sincere admiration for the immortal way". It was later handed down to the world as a handwritten copy by Cuiqingtang in the Ming Dynasty. This book tells the story of Lu Dongbin becoming an immortal and attaining enlightenment. "Lu Zu Fei Jian Ji" appeared at that time. It was influenced by the religion and alchemists of that time. Its literary grace is beautiful, reflecting the author's certain writing skills.

"Zhangtai Liu", a romance novel from the Qing Dynasty. The novel tells the story of Han Yi, a scholar from Nanyang, Zhengzhou, who went to Beijing to take the exam during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. Li Wangsun once built Zhangtai for his beloved concubine Liu, and Han Yi and Empress Liu of Zhangtai fell in love with each other. Li Wangsun then married the Liu family to Han Yi. The novel is a perfunctory adaptation of the Tang Dynasty legend "The Biography of the Liu Family". It narrates the love affairs and joys and sorrows of Han and Liu before and after the Anshi Rebellion, and shows the living conditions of talented people and beautiful ladies in social turmoil.

The full name of "The Biography of Arhats" is "The Biography of the Twenty-Four Arhats with New Engraved Holistic Images". The book mixes Chinese eminent monks and believers (such as Huike, Emperor Wu of Liang, Baozhi, etc.) Among the Arhats who came from the West, reflecting the characteristics of Bodhidharma's autobiography of Buddhism from the East. The title of the book is Twenty-Four Arhats, but it is actually the Twenty-Three Arhats.

The sixty-nine chapters of "The Story of Hushan" is a strange book among the novels in the late Qing Dynasty. The main plot is how a talented man named Yan Shaoqing established the Wat Mountain Kingdom and became the King of Wat Mountain. Wat Mountain is an isolated area fictionalized in the novel. This book has elements of chivalry, romance, public cases, war, ideals and other novels. The appeal of the novel lies in its twists and turns and bizarre war stories, as well as the love entanglements between Yan Shaoqing and fifteen women during the war.

"Butterfly Cup", with ten chapters, is a human romance novel of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, written by an unknown author. The whole book describes the love and marriage between Tian Yuchuan, the son of Tian Yunshan, the magistrate of Jiangxia County in the Wanli Dynasty, and Hu Fenglian, a fisherman's daughter. The original manuscript is a copy of "Fifteen Types of Manuscripts of Chu Renxun's Novels", which is stored in the Special Collections Department of Nankai University Library. It is a copy of "Fifteen Types of Manuscripts of Stories", with a total of 12 volumes. "Butterfly Cup" is a type of novel copied in one volume, and the year it was collected is unknown.

It tells the story of the upright official Yu Chenglong hoeing the strong and supporting the weak. Contains nearly thirty koan stories. In terms of content, it inherits the remnants of the public case novels of the Ming Dynasty, and in terms of form, it initiates the trend of short stories and long stories. It is an important novel in the transition period of the public case novels of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

"The Legend of Ghosts and Gods" is based on the edition published in the 7th year of Xianfeng Dynasty (1857) in the Capital Library. The author is not mentioned in the book. Sun's statement that "the author is from Guangdong" should be inferred from the fact that most of the stories took place in Guangdong. The book contains twelve stories, one story is played in one episode, and the same storyteller is acted out in several episodes. Liu calls it "a small pocket book."

"Lightning Window" is a Qing Dynasty novel about worldly affairs, written by the master of Xuanting. Only 6 fragments of this book exist, and the number of original chapters is unknown. The novel tells the story of a man named Lin Kun in Zhangzhou, Fujian, who was an upright person and did not get along with three new candidates, including Wu Yunhan. When Lin went to Beijing for a test, the ship stopped in Suzhou. A fire broke out in the wealthy Lu family. The lady of the family hurriedly escaped naked into Lin's ship to save Lin. Lu's fiancé, Shen Tiansun, was also a civil servant. Hearing this, he withdrew from the engagement...

The novel tells the story of Zhu Qiong, the son of a local eunuch in Dinghai County, Ningbo Prefecture, Zhejiang during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. He studied, recited poems and composed poems with his friends Zheng Feiying and Ping Junzan. He fell in love at first sight with Xue'e, the daughter of the county Yin Zou Gong, and formed a private betrothal alliance; Zhu Qiong also had an affair with Xue'e's maids Sumei and Qingyan Xi... It describes the strange love affairs between Qisheng and five women.

The novel tells the story of Suzhou scholar Jin Yixiang, who believes that prostitutes are passionate, so he goes to a brothel to find his soulmate. He met and befriended many prostitutes successively, and gathered 24 prostitutes in Huqiu to hold a "red meeting". The bees and butterflies entrusted him with a dream, telling him that his wife's surname was Niu and that he had four concubines...

The whole book uses the activities of Su Jishi (his nickname is Xiaoguan), the son of Su Wankui, a broker of Guangdong foreign trade, as a clue to describe all kinds of people around him and describe the human world. On the one hand, "Mirage Chronicles" focuses on the open ports along the southern coast of China in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, with a unique focus. On the other hand, it fully exposed the dark corruption of officialdom.

"All Illusions" contains two works: "Plum Soul Fantasy" and "Photography Fantasy". "Plum Soul Fantasy" has six chapters. It tells the story of Nan Bin, who was reborn as a dragon, and married twelve plum blossom palace principals in his dream, which is quite meaningful. "Photography Fantasy" has six chapters, telling the love story between Chi Shangjin and the beauty Yan Feifei in the painting. The two works are similar to novels about gifted men and beautiful women, but they differ in their interest and purpose by embodying fantasy and dreams. They are rare and excellent works in the early Qing Dynasty.

"The Legend of Bodhidharma", also known as "The Legend of Bodhidharma", is one of the Buddhist novels among the novels about gods and demons. It is compiled based on books such as "The Legend of Bodhidharma" and "The Legend of the Legend of Bodhidharma". It describes the story of Bodhidharma's life as a Buddha and his missionary work.

The book states that Wei Zhongxian's original name is Jinzhong, and he has been clever and clever since he was a child. Someone who is thirteen or fourteen years old said that he will be rich and powerful in his middle age. In the fifteenth and sixth years of Wanli, due to famine in his hometown, he was forced by debts to become a eunuch in the ceremonial department. For more than twenty years, he followed Emperor Tianqi from childhood to ascending the throne, and became a close minister of the new emperor, wearing a python robe and jade belt. After that, Wei relied on his power to control the seal of Dongchang and formed cliques for personal gain...

"Xingshiyan" is an excellent collection of short stories in vernacular written by Lu Renlong in the Ming Dynasty. All the records are about the current affairs, customs and people of the Ming Dynasty, with twists and turns in the plot, fresh writing style, strong readability, and high artistic achievements. This book has been lost in China for a long time and has never been recorded in historical bibliographies. In recent years, it was discovered in Kuijang Pavilion of Seoul University in South Korea.

The novel describes the story of the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty. It describes the social unrest in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's uprising, but ultimately failed, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty took over the Central Plains. Gods and demons are inserted into the text, which is mythical and fascinating.

"Wanhua Tower" (full name "The Romance of Yang Baodi in Wanhua Tower", also known as "The Early Biography of Di Qing, the Yang Family General of the Song Dynasty") tells the story of the heroic legends Yang Zongbao, Bao Zheng, Di Qing and other loyal ministers and generals who resisted foreign aggression, scolded sycophants and eradicated traitors, and served the country with loyalty. The struggles between Yang, Bao, Di and the traitor Pang Hong are all written vividly and excitingly.

The Popular Romance of Zhongxing in the Song Dynasty (also known as "The Heroes of Zhongxing in the Romance of the Song Dynasty" and "The Romance of King Wu Mu") tells the story of Yue Fei's origin, determined to serve the country with loyalty, galloped on the battlefield, took the lead, and was extremely brave. Later, he was defeated by the Qin Dynasty. Hui was framed, his ghost appeared after his death, and Qin Hui Mingsi was punished to comfort Yue Fei's loyal soul. This book has a complete structure and detailed chronology. It has a profound influence on the creation of novels and dramas about Yue Fei in later generations.

"Jinxiang Pavilion" takes the Anshi Rebellion as the background of the novel and writes about the endless suffering caused by the war to the people and the displacement of poor people. Objectively, the emperor who indulged in wine and sex has been criticized. "Jinxiang Pavilion" is novel and unique in its writing style of talented people and beautiful women combined with historical romance. It occupies a place in the novels of the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty.

"Golden Lotus Immortal History" mainly describes the Taoist immortal ancestors' tradition and main deeds. The story goes that Emperor Donghua gained the Tao and saved Zhongli Quan, and Zhongli Quan gained the Tao and saved Lu Dongbin. "The Immortal History of the Golden Lotus" is a religious novel.

It tells the story of the protagonists Li Chunfa, Jiang Qiulian and Zhang Qiulian, who had twists and turns and finally got married. The opera "Spring and Autumn Match" was adapted accordingly. This is a novel mainly based on the plot of public cases, supplemented by romance and chivalrous plots. The plot of the novel is twists and turns, suspenseful and fascinating; the dialogues between the characters are vivid and vivid, and the psychological portrayal is also quite subtle.

After the 1898 Coup, Shen Peng wrote a letter to the court, strongly urging Empress Dowager Cixi to return power to Emperor Guangxu and to kill the "three villains" Ronglu, Gangyi, and Li Lianying. Since no one was willing to write for him, he sent the memorial to Tianjin's "Guowen Bao" run by foreigners for publication, which caused a sensation across the country. This is a famous political incident in modern times. The author takes this incident as his subject matter, and the plot is mostly consistent with the facts. It can be regarded as a biographical documentary novel.

This book narrates the secret history of Hu Xueyan and is a documentary of the life of a wealthy family. The author does not write from the perspective of the characters' careers and social activities, but only from Hu Xueyan's extravagant private life, in order to confirm the so-called cycle of prosperity that must decline.

"Zhao Shibei" is a famous collection of story-telling novels in the early Qing Dynasty, also known as "The Second Express Book of Criticisms of Hu Tao Ren", with a total of four volumes and four stories. These four novels all have a common tendency of criticizing and exposing the feudal society in the last days. In terms of art, this book is one of the more distinctive works in the period of decline of story-telling novels. It not only has a sense of life and desirable content,

The novel narrates that Nuerhachi attacked Fushun in the last year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming general Li Yongfang surrendered. The Ming court used Yang Hao as the manager and failed to win the battle with Nuerhachi, so it promoted Xiong Ting to replace Yang Hao. The novel describes current events, mostly based on historical facts, with detailed and delicate writing style and complete structure.

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"The Rise and Fall of an Official" takes Yuan Shikai as the protagonist and describes political events such as the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, the Reform Movement, the Boxer Rebellion, and the Constitutional Struggle. It shows Yuan Shikai's ups and downs in the officialdom from his rise to power. It profoundly exposes and criticizes the shocking darkness and corruption of the imperial court and officialdom in the Qing Dynasty at an important historical juncture of national life and death.

"Tian Bao Tu" has twelve volumes and forty chapters, and was published in the Qing Dynasty. It is a heroic romance novel. The book tells the story of heroes fighting off violence, and also includes the story of the struggle between loyalists and traitors in the court and the relationship between heroes and beauties, which is quite attractive to readers.

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.