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Chuanqi (short story) Chuanqi is a form of fictional short story in Classical Chinese first formed in the Tang dynasty. The term often refers specifically to fictions written in the Tang dynasty, in which case the fictions are also called Tang chuanqi or chuanqi wen. Chuanqi originated from the zhiguai xiaoshuo of the Six Dynasties, was first ...
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 ...
The story can be read as a sardonic attack on traditional Chinese culture and society and a call for a new cultural direction. "Diary of a Madman" is the opening story in Lu Xun's first collection, and has often been referred to as "China's first modern short story". [2] Along with Chen Hengzhe 's "One Day", it was among the most influential ...
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.
Yu Hua (simplified Chinese: 余华; traditional Chinese: 余華; pinyin: Yú Huá; born April 3, 1960) is a Chinese author, widely considered the foremost writer of avant-garde fiction and one of the greatest living authors in China. [2][3][4] Shortly after his debut as a fiction writer in 1983, his first breakthrough came in 1987, when he ...
Fēngbō. " Storm in a Teacup " ( simplified Chinese: 风波; traditional Chinese: 風波; pinyin: Fēngbō; lit. 'Storm') is a short story by Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese literature. Originally published in September 1920 in the journal New Youth (新青年), it was later included in his first collection of short stories, A Call to ...
The history of Chinese literature[1] extends thousands of years, and begins with the earliest recorded inscriptions, court archives, building to the major works of philosophy and history written during the Axial Age. The Han (202 BC – 220 AD) and Tang (618–907 AD) dynasties were considered golden ages of poetry, while the Song (960–1279 ...
Mo Yan began his career as a writer in the reform and opening up period, publishing dozens of short stories and novels in Chinese. His first published short story was "Falling Rain on a Spring Night", published in September 1981. [17] In 1986, the five parts that formed his first novel, Red Sorghum (1987), were published serially. It is a non ...