What marked the beginning of vernacular fiction in China

1. During the Song Dynasty, with the growing popularity of speaking activities, more and more stories were circulated in the bookstores, and the number of written records based on orally transmitted stories, as well as other story texts derived from the influence of speaking styles, also increased day by day. In later times, they were collectively called "talking books".

2, the representative works of the "Monk Jane post", "wrong beheading Cui Ning" and so on.

3, the words of the novel is the creation of folk artists, both with oral literature, fresh and lively features, but also carry forward the fine tradition of the ancient novels such as the strange, legend, in the ideology and artistry have certain achievements. Song Dynasty novels are an important stage of development in the history of Chinese fiction.