Tale of Genji quotes more than 90 poems by Bai Juyi, as well as historical facts and allusions in China's ancient books such as The Book of Rites, The Warring States Policy, Historical Records and Hanshu. These are cleverly hidden in fascinating stories.
Tale of Genji is a masterpiece of Japanese classical literature, which has a great influence on the development of Japanese literature. It is the pinnacle of Japanese classical literature and is known as A Dream of Red Mansions in Japan. In Japan, the era of "mourning for things" has begun. Generally speaking, the writing age is between 100 1 and 1008. This is the earliest novel in the world. The novel describes the characteristics of Japanese heian period, exposes human nature and court struggle, and reflects the court life of heian period.