Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a rare book and a must-read. Because as a person, there is a word of love, which can be used by others, even by gods, immortals, ghosts, demons, foxes, beasts, spirits and monsters, to express a kind of "love" that everyone should enjoy, often with all kinds of bumps, obstacles and helplessness. This is the great humanistic spirit of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, and it is also
Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio is a collection of short stories in classical Chinese by Pu Songling, a novelist in Qing Dynasty in China. The earliest manuscript was circulated in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty.
There are 4,965,438+0 short stories in the book (Notes on the School Meeting of Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio) (494 Notes on Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio by Zhu). They either exposed the darkness of feudal rule, attacked the decay of imperial examination system, or resisted the shackles of feudal ethics, and had rich and profound ideological content. The works describing the theme of love are the largest in the book, showing a strong anti-feudal ethical code spirit.
Some of these works show the author's ideal love through the love between foxes and people.
Content introduction:
There are nearly 500 books in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio, which are mainly divided into the following types:
One is a love story, which accounts for the largest proportion in the book. Most of the main characters in the story are not afraid of feudal ethics and dare to pursue free love. Representative works include Lotus Fragrance, Xiao Xie, Liancheng, Huanniang and Crow's Head.
The second is to criticize the imperial examination system for destroying scholars. Ye Sheng, Si Wenlang, Eliminating Disasters and Wang Zian are all such works.
Third, it has social significance, exposing the cruelty and oppression of the ruling class to the people, such as Xi Fangping, Promoting Weaving, Dream Wolf, Beauty and so on.