The representative works of Tang Chuanqi include "The Ancient Mirror", "The Story of the Bearded Guest", "The Story of the Pillow", "The Story of Liu Yi", "The Story of Everlasting Sorrow", etc.
"Legends of the Tang Dynasty" is a short story in classical Chinese of the Tang Dynasty. The content is mostly anecdotes and strange events. Later generations are called legends of the Tang Dynasty, or legends of the Tang Dynasty. Legends of the Tang Dynasty are short stories in classical Chinese that were popular in the Tang Dynasty. They are a new style of fiction that is based on the legendary novels of the Six Dynasties and integrates historical biographies, rhymes, poetry and folk rap art.
"The Ancient Mirror" is said to have been written by Wang Du, a man from the late Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty. Using the ancient mirror as a clue, more than ten strange stories are connected together to form a long story with a relatively detailed narrative.
"The Biography of the Qiu Bearded Guest" is said to have been written by Zhang Shuo. It is written that at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Jing met Sikong Yang Su in Chang'an and fell in love with Hong Fu, the prostitute of Yang Su's family. The two then ran away and met the heroic Zhang Qiubeard on the way. Later, they went to Taiyuan together and met Li Shimin through Liu Wenjing. Qiu Beard originally had great ambitions to conquer the world. Seeing Li Shimin's extraordinary arrogance, he knew that he could not compete with him, so he devoted his family wealth to support Li Jing and assisted Li Shimin in his achievements. Later, Qiu Beard entered the Fuyu Kingdom and established himself as the king.
"The Story of the Pillow" was written by Shen Jiji. It describes that Lu Sheng became the prime minister in a dream, with great power, awakened from the dream, and converted to Buddhism, showing that the wealth of the world is as empty as a dream.
"The Biography of Liu Yi" was written by Li Chaowei. After Liu Yi, a scholar, wrote a letter to rescue the Dragon Girl of Dongting from the predicament, he finally married the Dragon Girl after many twists and turns.
"The Song of Everlasting Sorrow", written by Chen Hong. It is written that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty favored Concubine Yang, which led to the Anshi Rebellion. After Concubine Yang died, Xuanzong missed her day and night, and some alchemists went to Penghu Fairy Mountain to visit Concubine Yang. The stories are almost entirely fictional.
In terms of artistic form, the legends of the Tang Dynasty have "swaying narratives and gorgeous diction. Compared with the rough and succinct summaries of the Six Dynasties, the traces of evolution are very clear" (Lu Xun said). The emergence of Tang legends marks the maturity of ancient Chinese short stories.