Shao Qing Yan Na's "Grass in vain" and "Pillow Grass", both known as the two treasures of Japanese prose literature, were written in the Southern and Northern Dynasties in Japan (1336- 1392). The title of the book originally means "boring" in Japanese, and it can also be translated as "eliminating troubles and boring records".
The book ***243 paragraphs consists of incoherent fragments of different lengths, with mixed comments, meaningful stories and records of people from all walks of life. When the author wrote, his mind was full of books. Some of these words were posted on the wall, others were written on the back of the scriptures, which were made up by others after his death.
2. Ye Wan Collection
Ye Wan Collection is the earliest Japanese poetry collection, which is actually equivalent to the position of The Book of Songs in China. From the 4th century to the middle of the 8th century, there have been different opinions about the length, the date of completion, the editor and other issues, but most of them are works of Nara period (AD 7 10 ~ 794).
It is generally believed that The Collection of Ye Wan was compiled and handed down by many people for many years, and it was completed in the second half of the 8th century by Zhixiong Yakou (7 17 ~ 785). Later, it was revised and approved by several people before it became the current version.
3. pillow grass
Pillow grass seed (まくらのそぅし) is a collection of essays by Shao Qing Yan Na, a Japanese heian period woman writer, which was written around 100 1 year. During her tenure in the imperial court, the author Qing Yan saw and heard a lot. She organized it into 300 articles and described it from several aspects. One is written in the most popular method of "exhaustion of resources" in Heian period.
In other words, it is an archaism that enumerates things, such as "flowers of trees", "abominations" and "lovely people". Second, prose, such as "Where Women Live Alone"; The third is her memoir of entering the DPRK.
As she said in the last paragraph of the book: "This essay was originally recorded when I was bored at home, and I didn't intend to show it to anyone …" This passage of the author clearly expressed the authenticity and randomness of the work.
The core content of Pillow Grass is actually to express the author's feelings and sentiments, which can not only show the author's positive attitude towards life, but also show the characteristics of prose.
4. Genji Tale
Tale of Genji is a novel by Murasaki shikibu, a Japanese writer in heian period. Tale of Genji is a genre of Japanese literature. Generally speaking, the age of writing works is between 100 1 and 1008.
Tale of Genji, with the heyday of the Heian Dynasty in Japan as the background, describes the life experience and love story of the hero Genji. The book has 54 chapters and nearly one million words. Including four generations of emperors, it has been more than 70 years, involving more than 400 people, among whom 20 or 30 people have a clear impression.
The figures are mainly upper-level aristocrats, but also middle-and lower-level aristocrats, ladies-in-waiting, ladies-in-waiting and ordinary people. It reflects the cultural life and social background of heian period. While carrying out the realistic aesthetic thought of "truth", it also created the romantic thought of "mourning for things" in Japan.
5. The Abbot is a collection of essays in which Ya Changming recalled his life experiences, narrated the great changes of the world and lamented the impermanence of the world when he lived in seclusion in Rishan. Written in 12 12, it is known as the "white eyebrow" (the highest peak) of Japanese hermit literature! The book consists of thirteen sections, written with concise and neat Chinese mixed brushwork, with vivid and emotional brushwork.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Japanese Literature