Feng Menglong
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Feng Menglong (1574-1645) was a Chinese vernacular writer/poet of the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in then Changzhou now Wuxian in Jiangsu Privince.
Feng was a proponent of the school of Li Zhi (1527-1602) which supported the importance of human feelings and behavior in literature. Most of his literary work was in editing and compiling histories, almanacs, novels, etcetera. Two noteworthy novels of his are [Yao Zhuan] and Qing Shi. In 1620 he published the Gujin xiaoshuo or Stories Old and New.
Works
- Ping Yao Zhuan
- Qing Shi
- Gujin xiaoshuo -(Stories Old and New) published (1620)
- *also known as Yushin mingyan -(Illustrious Words to Instruct the World)
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