A Brief History of ChinFeiscet ion lu Hsun fOREIGNLA NGUAGES PRESS PEKING Translated hy YANG HSIEN-YI �tnd GLADYSY ANG PTinted PeoplP.R'r.sp ubliorf in the Chint� Contents P�facet ot heN ew Edition Preface T e HistoriAacnsc'o unatsn dE valuatioonsf 1. h Fiction 1 Myths andLe gends 9 2. 3. Workso f FictiMon on in theH anD ynasHtiys tor2y1 enti ed .l'ictioAnt tributtoHe adn D ynastWyr iters 4. 27 S. Tales oft heSu pernatural in theS ixD ynasiets 42 Taleso ft heS upernatuirna tlh eS ixD ynasties (Co�tlinu.ed5)7 6. 7. and OtheWro rks b6 SociaTla lk 8. TheT ang Romances DynastyPr ose 80 9. TheT angD ynasty ProseR omances (Conrinued) 94 10.C ollectioonsf TangDy nasty Tales 106 11.S upernatuTralaesl and Prose Romances int h� SungD ynasty 116 12.S tory-TellPerrso'm pt-Boookfst he ng Dynasty 131 Su ImitatioonsfP rompt-Boolhkse Sunga ndY uanD ynasties1 43 lJ. in 14.H istorRiocmanacles theY uana ndMin g Dynustics 154 of 15.H istoricRalo mances of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (Cunrin�d) 170 16Mi.ng andO .!vils 187 Dynasty Novel�C uAdhs< lllt 17.M ingD ynastyN uvclAsh o:.�tG olh.11.11 dD :vil(sC ontinued) 198 18M.in gD yn NovelAsh outG ods and vls (Continued) 208 iUiiY De i 19N.ov els Manners theMi ng Dynasy of in t 220 Novelosf thMlneg Dynasty (Contirwed)" 20. Manners in 232 21.Mi ng Dynasty ImitaotifoS nsu ngS tories int heV ernacular2 42 22. ImitatioofnC slas sical Talesi nt heC hinDgy nasty 254 Novelso fSoc ialSa tiIrnet h eC hinDgy nasty 23. rT2 24. Novelosf Ma nners int heC hinDgy n� 282 25.N ovelos fE ruditiinoth ne ChinDgyn asty 300 26.N ovelAsbo utP rostituitnit ohneC hinDgy nasty 319 Novelso fA dventuarnedDe tectiionnt heC hinDgy nasty 27. 336 28. Novels ofEx posure att heE ndo ft heC hinDgy nasty 352 Postscript 3651 Appendices:' TheH istoriDecvaell opmenotf C hinesFei ction 373 Preftaocet h e JapaEndielsel on 421 Index 423 Prefacet ot heN ew Edition Y EARLY teny earhsa vep assesdi ncIeb egatno l ecture '\.J c:..- ont heh i!ttoorfyC hiensefi ctioann,dt hibsr ieofu tline was firstp rintesedv en yearsa go. Sitnhceen m uch re­ searchha sbe en donei n thifise ladn dn ew discovehraivees cleareudp certain points whoibcshc uwreFero.er e xample. thed iscovebryyP rofessSohri onoAykau shoif t he mutilated Yuand ynasteyd itioofn I llustrVaeterdna cular Taalneds FengM eng-lu'snt ghreceo lclteioonfsp opular staoswr eilels , ash isr esearchoens t hesaer.e o fm ajorsi ngificancien t he historoyf C hinesefi ctioann;d t hec ontentoifos no me Chi­ neses cholatrsh atth eer should be sheipsatroaritfeeos r t he nctioonf d iffeenrtp erioidssa soundo ne.A llt himse ans thamty brieofu tline snhoowu bel do utdatebdu;t since no newh isotriehsa ve yetb een writttehne,r aer es tirlela defrosr thesneo tesF.o ra newe diotni,t hibso oks houlbdy r ighbtes revisbeudt,s incLes tartmeodv infgr omp lacteo p lacIe-h ave given ulpi tersartyu diaesn,d h aven othibnugt a vaguree c­ ollectoifow nh atI wrotien t hep astSo. Is implmya dea fewc hangeisn C hapte1r4s, 1 5a nd2 1k,e epintgh eo ther chaptse urnchaendg as I haven o new theorireesg arding them.S incger eavte ssetlsa kyee artso p roducteh,iea sr then­ warep oto fm ines tislelr veso;o mt.p urpeo;sb utt hougthh is fachta sp nllongtehdel ifoef m y bookI, am disheartened byt hisd eartohfn ew writinIgn.a melanchomloyo dI have gonet hrougthh esper oofhso,p ingt hatb ettscehro larwisll soonp roducae m ore authoritatibvoeo k. Lu Hsun Preface HERE hasn evebre ean h istooryfC hinesfiec tioinfw, e T exceptth e accoiuntn htse h istorioesfC hinelsiet era­ turwer ittbeynf oreignReercse.n tcleyrt aisunm mariehsa ve appeariendC hinesew orkst oob,u tt hes pacdee voted to fictioinsus ualllye stsh ano ne-teonftt hh ew holeH.e nce we stillla cka detailaecdc ounotf thed evelopmoefnt Chinefisec tion. Thought hibso oki sc oncerneendt irweiltyhfi ctiointis, nohtinbgu ta rougohu tlinIe w.r otiet b ecautsher eyeea rs agoh,a ppenitong gi vseo mel ectuornet sh issu bjeacntdf ear­ ingt hamty defectass sap eakmeirg hmta kei th ardf orm y hearetrosu nderstandI. j ottdeodw nt hiosu tlianned h ad itd uplicaftoermd y studentTsh.e ni,n o rdenro tt og ive thec opyitsotom ucht roubIl ceo,m presseidt b yu sintgh e classilcaanlg uaogmei.t ticnegr taeixna mplbeustk eepitnhge maino utliwnhei cIh h avebe en usinegv esri nce. Thesen oteasr efi nallbye inpgr intbeecda usteh eyh ave been duplicatsoe mda nyt imeesn dg ivetnh osien c harge so mucht roubtlhea ptr intainpgp eatrso be moree conoimcal. Durintgh ep reparaotfit ohni s cfoopry tphrees sf.o uorr five friendlse nhmtae v ree ferebonockse or helmpee widt h proof-readiinngd;e efdo,r t hel astth reyeea rs theyh ave provecdo nsistehnetllpyf uIw lo.u ld ltiotk bea ntkh emh ere. Lu Hsun Nighotf O ctober 7, I!I1J, Pekin1 ... ._J,_ _, ___ • .. .... l7..; .. .... 1il-t-hl--.·- _, -· I