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传奇

傳奇
chuán
HSK 7freq #3877

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chuán
  1. 1.legendary
  2. 2.fantasy saga
  3. 3.romance
  4. 4.short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.Tang and Song short stories
  2. 2.Ming and Qing poetic dramas
  3. 3.legend; fantasy saga; romance
  4. 4.legendary; fantastic

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Etymology

Originally the title of a collection of short stories composed by Pei Xing (fl. 859–888). During the Southern Song dynasty, it became a general term referring to Tang-era short stories, and after the demise of Song, it can refers to all the short stories written in the Tang and Song dynasties.

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