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Spring Silkworms bears comparison with other works of modern literature, particularly literature dealing with the lives of people living on China's economic margins.. The Good Earth by Pearl Buck describes the lives of Chinese peasants, and their economically precarious condition, during the period roughly contemporary with the story related in Spring Silkworms.
Mao Dun Memorial at his home town Wuzhen The primary school Lizhi College where Mao Dun studied in Wuzhen. Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing; 4 July 1896 [1] – 27 March 1981), best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic.
Ziye (子夜), or known by its English translated title as Midnight: A Romance of China, 1930, is a 1933 novel by Chinese author Mao Dun. It is a realist depiction of life in contemporary Shanghai . In addition to the full edition, there were also abridged editions of the novel in publication. [ 1 ]
Zhang Shoujie's Correct Meanings of the Record of the Grand Historian (史記正義; Shǐjì Zhèngyì) identifies Huandou (讙兠) with Hundun (渾沌), Gonggong with Qiongqi (窮竒), Gun with Taowu (檮杌), and the Sanmiao "Three Miao" (三苗) with Taotie (饕餮).
After the 14th century, vernacular fiction became popular, at least outside of court circles. Vernacular fiction covered a broader range of subject matter and was longer and more loosely structured than literary fiction. One of the masterpieces of Chinese vernacular fiction is the 18th-century domestic novel Dream of the Red Chamber.
Along with Chinese folklore, Chinese mythology forms an important part of Chinese folk religion (Yang et al 2005, 4). Many stories regarding characters and events of the distant past have a double tradition: ones which present a more historicized or euhemerized version and ones which presents a more mythological version (Yang et al 2005, 12–13).
Shenmo first appeared in the Ming dynasty as a genre of vernacular fiction, [3] a style of writing based on spoken Chinese rather than Classical Chinese. The roots of the genre are found in traditional folktales and legends. [4] Plot elements like the use of magic and alchemy were derived from Chinese mythology and religion, including Taoism ...
Gong'an fiction (4 C, 9 P) S. Shenmo fiction (7 C, 15 P) W. ... Pages in category "Chinese literary genres" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.