This is a collection of some of the best Chinese tales and
anecdotes from the third to the sixth century. Most of these
stories deal with the supernatural, some are folk tales, yet others
are pen-pictures of historical figures.These stories give us
exciting and intimate glimpses of four troubled centuries in
Chinese history. Frequent civil wars made the lot of the Chinese
people a bitter one. Peasants were often goaded to revolt,
intellectuals to turn hermit or to seek consolation in wine or
religion and the spread of Buddhism heightened the interest in the
world of spirits.These tales have a unique place in Chinese
literature and their influence upon the subsequent development of
Chinese fiction was immense. Their form was copied right down to
the nineteenth century, and some of them were adapted by later
dramatists, poets or prose-writers.The stories are plentifully
illustrated with reproductions of works of art which reflect the
spirit and social background of their age.
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