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2. Chuanqi (short story) - Wikipedia

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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 ...

3. Diary of a Madman (Lu Xun) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Tale of the Transcendent Marriage of Dongting Lake - Wikipedia

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   Liu Yi Well, supposedly the site where Liu Yi entered Dongting Lake, a tourist attration on Junshan Island. "The Tale of the Supernatural Marriage at Dongting" (Chinese: 洞庭靈姻傳), better known as "The Story of Liu Yi" (Chinese: 柳毅傳), is a Chinese chuanqi (fantasy) short story from the Tang dynasty, written by Li Chaowei (李朝威 ...

5. Storm in a Teacup (short story) - Wikipedia

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   Storm in a Teacup. " 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 ...

6. The Wolf of Zhongshan - Wikipedia

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   The Wolf of Zhongshan. "The Wolf of Zhongshan" ( Chinese: 中山狼傳; pinyin: Zhōngshān Láng Zhuàn) is a popular Chinese tale that deals with the ingratitude of a creature after being saved. The first print of the story is found in the Ming-dynasty Ocean Stories of Past and Present ( Chinese: 古今說海; pinyin: Gǔjīn Shuōhǎi ...

7. Stories Old and New - Wikipedia

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   Gu Jin Xiaoshuo. Stories Old and New ( Chinese: 古今小說 ), also known by its later name Stories to Enlighten the World (喻世明言), is a collection of short stories by Feng Menglong during the Ming dynasty. It was published in Suzhou in 1620. It is considered to be pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction.

8. Selected Stories of Lu Hsun - Wikipedia

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   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.

9. Legend of the White Snake - Wikipedia

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   Legend of the White Snake. The Legend of the White Snake is a Chinese legend centered around a romance between a man named Xu Xian and a female snake spirit named Bai Suzhen. It is counted as one of China's Four Great Folktales, the others being Lady Meng Jiang, Butterfly Lovers, and The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.