Sanyan is the collective name of Yu Shiming, Shi Jing and Xing. The author is Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty. Together with "Erpai", it is called "Sanyan Erpai".
Erpai
China's collection of novels "One Carving Surprise" and "Two Carving Surprises" are collectively called. Author Ling Mengchu. Published in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty. There are 40 episodes and 80 episodes, of which 1 repeats, 1 zaju, so there are 78 parodies. Most of the works are based on some fresh and interesting anecdotes throughout the ages, which are written in a perfunctory way to meet the needs of the public, but also contain the meaning of exhortation and punishment. Some works in Er Pai reflect the life and thoughts of citizens in Ming Dynasty. For example, chapters such as "Transporting Han Yuqiao to Dongting Lake" and "Helping Strangers" reflect the activity of commodity economy and the further development of citizen consciousness after the middle of Ming Dynasty by describing businessmen's pursuit of money and the ideal of overseas adventure. Some works describing love and marriage, such as General Li Cuo-shu, praise faithful love, while Full Hunger criticizes the ugly behavior of ingratitude and wealth, and puts forward the requirement of equality between men and women in love and marriage. The works such as "A Man in a Brothel City" reveal the greed, cruelty, lewdness and lust of feudal rulers. But generally speaking, the negative and backward elements in the second beat are relatively large, and there are many feudal superstitions, karma, fatalism and pornographic descriptions. Erpai is good at organizing plots, and most chapters are fascinating and vivid. It is the most influential collection of ancient vernacular novels after Sanyan, but it is not as good as Sanyan in ideological content and artistic level.