Problem description:

Who can tell me the origin of fairy tales?

Analysis:

Fairy tales are a genre of children's literature. This genre didn't exist in ancient China, and only appeared as a vague genre in the literary world in the early 20th century. In A.D. 1909, Sun, a writer known as "the old grandson of Soochow", edited and published a series of fairy tales. This is the first time in the history of China that the word "fairy tale" appeared; It is also the first rise of "fairy tale" as a genre. This series of books selects "special stories" from "East and West countries" for boys to use, aiming at "enlightening wisdom and cultivating virtue". But as far as the selected content is concerned, it is messy, with myths and legends, Chinese and foreign historical stories and biographies of celebrities, but most of them are storytelling and interesting. The "fairy tale" at this time is far from the connotation of the later fairy tale genre. However, Sun has also made great achievements. Although the concept of "fairy tale" was still quite vague at that time, it also laid the foundation for the development of fairy tales, which developed into a widespread literary genre in modern times.

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