- Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan
The "Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan" (zh-c|醒世姻緣傳 "The Story of a Marital Fate to Awaken the World") is a Chinese classical novel of the
Qing Dynasty .Originally named "E Yinyuan" (惡姻緣, "A Cursed Marital Fate"), the novel has the
Buddhist doctrine ofkarma andvipaka as its basic motif. The 100-chapter work was written by someone pennamed Xizhou Sheng (西周生), about whom nothing is known, except that he might live inShandong , as the novel, like "Jin Ping Mei ", contains many phrases from the Shandong dialect, and indeed "Jin Ping Mei" is quoted in the novel. Different scholars nominate different candidates as the real author of the novel, without convincing each other. For instance,Hu Shi attributed the work toPu Songling .The novel is not as famous as other Chinese classical novels in the West. However, it was much hailed during the
Vernacular Chinese Campaign (part of theMay Fourth Movement ) by the Chinese men of letters, including Hu Shi andXu Zhimo . Its verbal vigor and graphic descriptions of contemporary social lives are particularly admired.References
* Fan, Ning, [http://www.wordpedia.com/search/Content.asp?ID=65182 "Xingshi Yinyuan Zhuan" ("The Story of a Marital Fate to Awaken the World")] . "
Encyclopedia of China ", 1st ed.External links
* [http://www.guoxue.com/minqingstory/xsyy/xsyy.htm Complete on-line text]
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