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[1]: 230 They are some of the earliest Chinese literature written in the form of short and medium-length stories and have provided valuable inspiration plot-wise and in other ways for fiction and drama in later eras. Many were preserved in the 10th-century anthology, Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era). [2]
Short Chinese literary works, including those falling in the short story and tale genre. Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
Chinese literature is increasingly available in translation- there are now several well-established websites sharing information, for example, Paper Republic, Writing Chinese, Chinese Short Stories, My Chinese Books, Chinese Books for Young Readers.
The literary critic and sinologist Andrew H. Plaks writes that the term "classic novels" in reference to these six titles is a "neologism of twentieth-century scholarship" that seems to have come into common use under the influence of C. T. Hsia's The Classic Chinese Novel.
Liaozhai zhiyi, sometimes shortened to Liaozhai, known in English as Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, Strange Tales from Make-Do Studio, or literally Strange Tales from a Studio of Leisure, is a collection of Classical Chinese stories by Qing dynasty writer Pu Songling, comprising close to 500 stories or "marvel tales" [1] in the zhiguai and chuanqi ...
"Diary of a Madman", also translated as "A Madman's Diary" (Chinese: 狂人日記; pinyin: Kuángrén Rìjì) is a short story by the Chinese writer Lu Xun, published in 1918. It was the first and one of the most influential works written in vernacular Chinese in Republican-era China, and would become a cornerstone of the New Culture Mo
A theme in the story is the nature of reality, and the difficulty of attaining a perspective from which to see reality clearly. "I begin to realize that during the past thirty-odd years I have been in the dark . . ." [1]: 8 A secondary theme is the self-destructiveness of traditional Chinese society, likening it to cannibalism.
Sanguozhi Pinghua, published between 1321 and 1323. A huaben (Chinese: 话本; pinyin: huàben) is a Chinese short- or medium-length story or extended novella written mostly in vernacular language, sometimes including simple classical language.