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Ganqing refers to a friendship-like feeling that develops between two people, groups, or business partners as their relationship deepens. Ganqing is an important concept in social relations in Chinese culture that has roots in Confucianism , and is a sub-dimension to the concept of guanxi (a person's relationship network).
Typical works from this period include "Jin feng chai ji" from Jiandeng Xinhua by Qu You, [3]: 394 The Wolf of Zhongshan by Ma Zhongxi, and "The Taoist of Lao Mountain", "Xia nu" and "Hong Yu" from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Pu Songling. [14]: xxii Notably, both chuanqi and biji are included in Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio.
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.
Danmei (Chinese: 耽美; pinyin: dānměi; lit. 'indulging beauty') is a Chinese genre of literature and other fictional media that features romantic relationships between male characters. Danmei is typically created by and targeted towards female audiences, [1] but not necessarily straight women. [2]
[1] [2] It is commonly thought of as an invisible red cord around the finger of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation as they are "their one true love". [ 3 ] According to Chinese legend, the deity in charge of "the red thread" is believed to be Yuè Xià Lǎorén (月下老人), often abbreviated to Yuè Lǎo ...
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. [1]
Nanjing 1937: A Love Story (Chinese: 一九三七年的爱情; Yijiusanqi nian de aiqing) [2]: 115 is a 1996 romantic novel written by Ye Zhaoyan. [1] Originally published in Chinese by Jiangsu Art and Literature Press, it was translated into English by Matthew Berry and published by Columbia University Press in December 2002.
Other related concepts include wulun (Chinese: 五倫; pinyin: wǔlún), the five cardinal types of relationships, [9]: 133 which supports the idea of a long-term, developing relationship between a business and its client, and yi-ren and ren, which respectively support reciprocity and empathy.