The Story of Hanwu, also known as the Story of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty, is a wonderful book with various historical biographies. The author is unknown, and the book was written not earlier than Wei and Jin Dynasties.
It is a biographical novel in the legendary system of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which records the anecdote of Emperor Wu's burial of Maoling from birth to death.
Its main content is Liang Wudi's quest for longevity, and at the same time, he wrote some anecdotes about some historical figures at that time, such as "The Golden House hides a charming woman" and "Xiang Ru Lun Fu".
His writing is simple and elegant, but he can pay attention to the atmosphere, and the dialogue between characters also has personality, which has a certain influence on later legendary novels.
2. "Looking for God"
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. Originally scattered, this book was edited by later generations, with 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.
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. Natural history
Natural History, Collection of Ancient China Myths and Strange Stories. Edited by Zhang Hua (232~300) in the Western Jin Dynasty, he classified and recorded exotic things in different places, ancient anecdotes and fairy tales. The content is mainly ancient books.
It contains a lot of knowledge of mountains and rivers, legends of historical figures, strange descriptions of plants, fish, insects, birds and animals, and absurd stories of fairy tricks. Many ancient mythological materials have been preserved. The rumor recorded in August that someone drifted to Tianhe to see the Weaver Girl is the original material about the myth of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.
4, "gleaning notes"
The Book of Gleanings is also called the Book of Gleanings and the Book of Gleanings in the Year of the Prince. Collection of ancient myths and strange stories in China. The author is Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, born in Anyang, Longxi (now Weiyuan, Gansu). Volume 95 of the Book of Jin has been circulated. Today's biographies are roughly compiled by Xiao Qi, the imperial clan of the Southern Dynasties.
The main contents of Notes Collection are miscellaneous notes and strange novels. Especially in the book, it is ridiculous to emphasize the promotion of fairy tales. But some of them, such as "crossing the moon" and "falling into a boat", show rich imagination.
The words are beautiful, the things described are tortuous and the words are considerable. Later generations often take the old as the truth. For example, in the sixth volume, Liu Xiang wrote a book in Tianluge, and an old man burned quinoa to teach at night; Jia Kui is five years old. He can recite six classics when he hears his neighbor reading through the fence. These two legends are very famous.
5, "Taiping Guang Ji"
Tai Ping Guang Ji is China's first collection of documentary novels in ancient classical Chinese. A masterpiece written for Song people. There are 500 volumes in the book, and the catalogue is 10. It belongs to the category of books, based on documentary stories from Han Dynasty to early Song Dynasty, as well as miscellaneous works such as Taoism and Buddhism.
Liu Yun, Hu Meng, Li Mu, Xu Xuan, Zhao Neiji, Wang Kezhen, Bai Song, Lu Wenzhong, etc. 14 were ordered by Song Taizong. It started in the second year of Taiping Xingguo (977) and was completed in the following year (978). Because the book was written in Song Taiping's period of rejuvenating the country, it was compiled at the same time as Taiping Yu Lan, so it was called Taiping Guang Ji.