Introduction This book was originally the lecture notes given by the author when he was teaching at Peking University. After revision and addition, it was published in two volumes by Peking University Xinchao Press in 1923 and 1924. In 1925, it was published by Beijing Beixin The bookstore co-prints a volume and publishes it.In 1931, Beixin Book Company published the first edition of the revised edition.In the tenth edition in 1935, individual revisions were made, and all subsequent editions are the same as the tenth edition. Introduction preamble Chapter 01 Historians' description and discussion of novels

Chapter 02 Myths and Legends Chapter 03 Novels in "Hanshu" and "Yiwenzhi" Chapter 04 Han novels as seen today Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 07 and before and after Chapter 08 The Legend of Tang Dynasty (Part 1) Chapter 09 Legend of Tang Dynasty (Part 2) Chapter 10 Legends of Tang Dynasty and Miscellaneous Books Chapter 11 Song Zhiguai and Legends Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Imitation of Song and Yuan Dynasties Chapter 14 History from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (Part 1) Chapter 15 History from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties (Part 2) Chapter 16 Novel of Gods and Demons of Ming Dynasty (Part 1)

Chapter 17 Novel of Gods and Demons of Ming Dynasty (Part 2) Chapter 18 Novel of Gods and Demons of Ming Dynasty (Part 2) Chapter 19: Ming's Human Love Novel (Part 1) Chapter 20 Ming's Human Love Novel (Part 2) Chapter 21: Ming's Imitation of Song City People's Novels and Later Selections Chapter 22: The Novel of the Jin and Tang Dynasties in the Qing Dynasty and Its Tributaries Chapter 23 Qingzhi Satire Novels Chapter 24 Chapter 25: The Qing Dynasty Sees Talented Scholars Through Fiction Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chivalrous Novels and Public Cases of the Qing Dynasty Chapter 28 Condemnation Novels in the Late Qing Dynasty

postscript The Historical Changes of Chinese Fiction Inscription When recalling the history of novels, it has been ten years since now, and it has been seven years since this outline was printed.Afterwards, the style of research and treatment became more and more grand, and it was also heard from time to time.For example, Professor Yangu Jieshan [1] discovered the fragmented version of the Quanxiang Pinghua and "Three Words" in the Yuan Journal, and added research, which is really a major event in the history of fiction; that is, some Chinese commentators [2] said that when There is a history of novels divided by dynasties, and it is hardly a superficial theory.This kind of summary has long been a statement, but because there are no new books, there are still readers who will reprint it again, and the righteousness should be changed. The 14th, 15th and 21st chapters have been slightly revised, and the rest are considered to be nothing new, and most of them are still old articles.The late blooming of the great vessel, the pot for a long time, although the life is prolonged, is also sad and desolate, and the school is desolate. I sincerely hope that the masterpiece will be built by Lai Zhe.

On the night of November 25, 1930, Lu Xun's diary. ※ ※ ※※ ※ ※ 〔1〕Shioya Setsuyama (1878-1962) Shioya On, Byteyama, Japanese Sinologists. Author of "Introduction to Chinese Literature Speech" and so on.In his article "A Novel about Ming Dynasty "Three Words"", he introduced the newly discovered five types of Pinghua and the "Three Words" (published in the eighth volume of the Japanese Sinology magazine "Siwen" in 1924). number six). For "Five Types of Pinghua" and "Sanyan", please refer to the fourteenth and twenty-first chapters of this book respectively.

[2] The commentator refers to Zheng Zhenduo.The original manuscript of this article: "Professor Zheng Zhenduo's statement that there should be a history of novels divided by dynasties is hardly a superficial theory."