Legendary Manga - Electric Manroku

Japanese: 伝奇漫録 - でんきまんろく

A collection of short stories written in classical Chinese by Nguyen Du (昮璵) of Vietnam in the 16th century. It contains 20 fantastic stories in 4 volumes, strongly influenced by Qu You's Jiandeng Xinhua (New Tales of the Dianling Dynasty) of the Ming Dynasty and the fantastic stories of the Tang and Song Dynasties. Among them, The Story of the Cotton Tree, The Chronicle of a Strange Encounter with the Western Wall, The Story of the Misdeeds of Tao Shiye, The Record of the Magical Case of Changjiang, The Record of the Judge of the Parayuan Citizenship, and The Record of the Yaksha General show signs of imitating or being influenced by The Story of the Peony Lantern and The Record of the Dream of the Living Fox from The Jiandeng Xinhua. There are also stories related to Tang Dynasty novels such as The Story of Zhangtai Liu, The Story of Liu Yi, and The Story of the Song of Everlasting Regret.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

16世紀にベトナムのグエン･ズーNguyen Du(阮璵)によって漢文で書かれた短編小説集。明の瞿佑の《剪灯新話》や唐･宋の伝奇の影響を強く受けた20編の伝奇小説を4巻に収めている。なかでも〈木綿樹伝〉〈西垣奇遇記〉〈陶氏業冤記〉〈昌江妖恠録〉〈傘円祠判事録〉〈夜叉部帥録〉などに《剪灯新話》の〈牡丹灯記〉や〈令狐生冥夢録〉の模倣や影響がみられ，また《章台柳伝》《柳毅伝》《長恨歌伝》などの唐代の小説と関連する伝奇もある。

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