| Author | Feng Menglong (editor) |
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| Language | Written Chinese |
| Genre | Short story anthology |
Publication date | 1620 |
| Publication place | Ming dynasty |
| Followed by | Stories to Caution the World |
| Stories Old and New | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 古今小說 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 古今小说 | ||||||
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| Chinese | 喻世明言 | ||||||
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Stories Old and New (Chinese: 古今小說), also known by its later name Stories to Enlighten the World (喻世明言), is a collection of short stories by Feng Menglong during the Ming dynasty. It was published in Suzhou in 1620. It is considered to be pivotal in the development of Chinese vernacular fiction.[1]