What are the representative works of strange novels in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

Searching for the Gods is a collection of novels that records magical and weird stories in ancient folklore. The writer is Gan Bao, a historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. This book was originally scattered and compiled by later generations, with a total of 20 volumes and 454 stories.

The protagonists are ghosts, monsters, immortals, and mixed with Buddhism and Taoism. Most of them are strange things of immortals, and some of them belong to folklore. 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.

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The influence of the work

Searching for God has a far-reaching influence on later generations, such as Dou Eyuan by Guan Hanqing, Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio by Pu Songling, Fairy Couple and many other legends, novels and operas, which are closely related to it. ?

Although many people do not necessarily believe in ghosts and gods, ghost stories have always been very popular. People are very curious about their peers in the other world. If they can't see or get it in reality, they might as well arrange it in another world, so that they can do whatever they want.

There is a famous poem "Han Ping's Wife" in Su Ji Shen, which says that husband and wife are not afraid of power and mutually assured destruction. Although they can't be buried together after death, there is a big catalpa tree on their grave, which is intertwined and has a mandarin duck over their neck, which makes people sad. To borrow a vulgar phrase, it is "tender feelings are crazy", and there is a cool breeze blowing gently behind me, and there are pains in my chest.

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