Fiction · LT602

Tang–Song Tales

Polished classical Chinese novellas featuring intricate plots and romance.

12works

3dynasties

11authors

Tang

10 works

618–907

  1. Record of the World Inside the PillowShen JijiRest your head on my pillow, and it will make you as honoured and content as you desire.
  2. Story of Yingying / Encounter with a FairyYuan ZhenI wait for the moon beneath the western wing; the door, close to the breeze, stands half open. When flower shadows stir along the wall, I wonder if my jade one has come.
  3. Legend of the Curly-Bearded Guest · The Three Heroes of the Dusty RealmDu GuangtingI have long served Minister Yang and have seen many of the people of the world, but none like you.
  4. Legend of Liu Yi · Delivering the Dragon Princess's LetterLi ChaoweiI am a man of honour. Hearing your story, my blood and spirit are all stirred; I only regret I have no wings to fly.
  5. Story of Miss RenShen JijiZheng has a body six feet tall and cannot protect one woman; is he a man at all?
  6. Story of Li WaBai XingjianThat you have come to this in a single morning is my crime!
  7. Story of Huo XiaoyuJiang FangI am a woman, and my fate is this wretched! You are a man, and your heart is this faithless!
  8. Pei Xing's Tales of the MarvelousPei XingThe Kunlun slave leaps high walls with a man on his back, Nie Yinniang comes and goes without a trace: the dawn of Tang tales of knights-errant.
  9. The Governor of NankeLi GongzuoIn a dream so brief, it was as though he had passed a whole lifetime.
  10. Tale of the Song of Everlasting SorrowChen HongThe emperor knew he could not save her, yet could not bear to see her die; he covered his face with his sleeve and had her led away.