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What are the works of fiction in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties?

Ming and Qing dynasties, China's classical novels reached a peak. The achievements of the Ming dynasty short stories, in addition to the summary of the Song and Yuan books, the more prominent is the "three words and two beats" five short vernacular novels to put the book came out. The so-called "proposed book" is a simulation of the creation of the Song and Yuan books, Feng Menglong compiled in the middle of the Ming Dynasty to write a "Metaphors" (formerly known as the "novels of the past and present"), "Alarming the world", "Wake up the world of the three short vernacular novels, commonly known as the "three words", each including 40 novels each, ****120. Some of these works were processed from the Song and Yuan texts, while most of them were written by the folk in the Ming Dynasty or by Feng himself. The "Three Words" have a wide range of subjects, reflecting the social life of the citizen class at that time and the spirit of anti-traditional forces, as well as the pursuit of freedom and equality. Artistically, both in terms of storyline and characterization, "Three Words" is a great step forward from the novels of the previous generation. After "Three Words", the late Ming Dynasty saw the emergence of Ling Eddy Chou's "Chou Chou Pai Si Ching Qi" and "Er Chou Pai Si Ching Qi", commonly known as the "Two Beats". The "First Scene" contains forty novels, the "Second Scene" contains thirty-nine novels and one miscellaneous drama. Although the ideological and artistic value of "Two Beats" is not as good as "Three Words", it has a great influence on the later generations. After the "two beat", until the Qing dynasty, there are many literati to create a short story, out of a number of special collections, after the Qianlong to talk about the gradual decline and extinction of the book. The survivors of the Ming Dynasty "stone nodding", "drunken stone", "West Lake set of two", "people in the painting", "three quarters of a pat on the back" and so on. The Qing dynasty, "according to the world cup", "bean shed gossip", "West Lake", "twelve buildings" (also known as "Jue Shi famous words") and so on. The late Ming and early Qing Dynasty by the name of "holding the old man" selection of "ancient wonders", is an anthology of novels, *** 40, it is selected from the "three words and two pats" in the 40 novels and compiled, hundreds of years of wide circulation. In addition to the vernacular short stories, the Ming and Qing dynasties also appeared a large number of short stories in the literary language, such as the Ming dynasty Qu You's "Cutting Lights New Words" 4 volumes, Li Changqi's "Cutting Lights Remaining Words" 4 volumes, Zhao Bi's "knitting knit collection" 3 volumes, the Qing dynasty Ji Yun's "Reading Microcosmic Cao Tang Notebook" 20 volumes, etc., but the greatest achievement of the Qing dynasty Pu Songling's "Liaozhai Zhiyi". This excellent collection of short stories includes 491 works, most of which are taken from folklore and wild anecdotes, and artistically processed by the author to become a brilliant literary novel. Through talking about foxes and ghosts, the novels express the author's resentment towards the dark reality and reflect the author's love and hatred. The whole book is cleverly conceived, rich in romanticism, the plot twists and turns moving, refined language, is indeed the peak of the ancient literary short story art. Liaozhai Zhiqi" is widely circulated, the existing manuscripts, copies, engravings and commentaries on the world.