A Complete Collection of Strange Novels

"The Legend of Sansui Pingyao" writes more about demonic events in the human world and less about gods and ghosts outside the world. What we see in the book is not the heavenly palace and the underworld, but a living society. Therefore, we can learn a lot about the customs and customs of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties. The characters in the novel are not cold, boring gods and ghosts, but flesh-and-blood living people full of humanity. Their emotions are no different from ordinary people, but they only cast spells when necessary. The novel inherits the narrative skills of speakers since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The writing is lively and free, with a strong market atmosphere and is highly expressive. This book is the original version by Luo Guanzhong, with a total of twenty chapters.

The language of "Sou Shen Ji" is elegant and solemn, and it is known as a model of "straight and graceful". His artistic achievements ranked first among the Zhiguai of the two Jin Dynasties and had a great influence on later generations. Many legends, novels, and operas, such as Guan Hanqing's "The Injustice of Dou E", Pu Songling's "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", the mythological drama "The Match of the Immortals", etc., Are closely related to Qian Bao's "Sou Shen Ji".

This book is one of the series of books on developing reading ability of classics. Ji Yun began writing when he served as the chief compiler of "Sikuquanshu" and wrote it successively from the fifty-fourth year of Qianlong (1789) to the third year of Jiaqing (1798). The whole book is composed of five parts: "Luanyang Xiaoxialu", "This is what I heard", "Huaixi Magazine", "Guwan listened to it" and "Luanyang continuation", with a total of twenty-four volumes and nearly 1200 items. The content is rich, including medicine, divination, astrology, three religions and nine streams, all of which are covered. There are many chapters that sharply expose the social contradictions at that time, expose the hypocrisy of moralists, sympathize with the people's misery, praise the people's diligence and wisdom, and boldly express their views and opinions on some unsympathetic theories that were common in society at that time, which have high ideological and academic value.

Here are some bizarre stories. Murders, secrets, truths, behind each seemingly bizarre and absurd story, there is a forbearing and thoughtful human nature. During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, the people were peaceful and the farming economy was prosperous. However, in a remote town, a bizarre murder case closely linked the fate of the two characters. Appreciate all kinds of absurd and bizarre murders that happened during the Tang Dynasty, and listen to unpredictable stories that you have never heard before, all without saying a word. Shh! Don't talk, watch slowly, the truth is waiting for you to reveal!