What are China's fairy tales?

Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese by Pu Songling, a novelist in Qing Dynasty in China. The earliest manuscript was circulated in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty.

There are the most works describing the theme of love in the book, which shows the author's ideal love through the charm of the fox and the love of people. They showed a strong anti-feudal ethical spirit.

2. "Looking for God"

Most of them are short in length, simple in plot, fantastic in imagination and full of romanticism, which has a far-reaching influence on later generations. Among them, Han Ping and his wife, Wu Wang's little daughter, etc. It exposes the cruelty of the ruling class and praises the struggle of the rebels, which is often quoted by later generations.

Most of these stories reflect the thoughts and feelings of ancient people to some extent. It is a masterpiece of China's ancient myths and legends, collecting more than 4 10 ancient miraculous stories, and creating a precedent for China's ancient mythological novels.

3. Journey to the West

The book mainly describes the story of the Monkey King who made a scene in the Heavenly Palace after his birth and met Tang Priest, Pig Bajie, Friar Sand and Bai. He went west to learn from the scriptures, went through difficulties and obstacles, and turned the devil down. After eighty-one difficulties, he finally arrived in the Western Heaven to see the Tathagata, and finally the Five Saints died.

Based on the historical event of "Tang Priest's Learning from the Scriptures", the novel deeply depicts the social reality of the Ming Dynasty through the author's artistic processing. There are hundreds of The Journey to the West published in Ming Dynasty, and there is no author's signature. Wu et al., a scholar in Qing Dynasty, first proposed that The Journey to the West was written by Wu Cheng'en in Ming Dynasty.

4. Shan Hai Jing

It is an ancient book of China, written by Chu people or Bashu people from the middle and late Warring States Period to the early Han Dynasty. It is also a fantastic book. The author of this book is unknown. The ancients thought that this book was "the work of the curious people in the Warring States period, Zhuang Zaji, Biography, Lisao, Zhou Shu and Jincheng".

Modern scholars also believe that writing a book is not an instant, and the author is not a person. There are 18 articles in Shan Hai Jing, and other chapters have long been lost. The original ***22 articles, about 32650 words. * * * There are 5 Tibetan Mountain Classics, 4 overseas Classics, 5 domestic Classics and 4 Wild Classics. There are 13 chapters in Hanshu, not counting the later wild classics and family classics.

5. Ghost Cave

Through the life of ghosts and gods in heaven and hell, it shows the fear of self-anesthesia of the feudal landlord class who died with the help of ghosts and gods in the revolutionary trend in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The book attacks the Boxer Rebellion and the Revolution of 1911, aiming at sending progressives, enlightened scholars and ordnance experts to hell with supernatural power.