"The Tale of Jin Ping Mei"

…(2) The name of a narrative that was popular in China during the Yuan and Ming dynasties. A story is told by alternating between verse and prose, but there are also verse-only works and those that, like the Jin Ping Mei Cihua, have verse interspersed throughout the novel. In addition to the above, extant works include 16 types of narrated tales, such as the Hua Guan Suo Zhuan, published during the Chenghua period of the Ming dynasty, and the Da Tang Qin Wang Cihua, published at the end of the Ming dynasty. …

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…(2)中国の元･明代に流行した語り物の呼称。韻文と散文を交互にくりかえして一つの物語を語るが，韻文だけのものや，《金瓶梅詞話》のように小説の所々に韻文をまじえたものもあり，その形式は多様である。現存作品としては，上記のほか，明の成化年間刊の《花関索伝》等16種の説唱詞話，明末の《大唐秦王詞話》等がある。…

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