Xiaopin (literary genre)

In Chinese literature, xiaopin (小品, Wade-Giles: hsiao-p'in) is a form of short essay, usually non-fictional, and usually being exclusively composed in prose.[1] The form is comparable to that of Tsurezuregusa by the Japanese monk Yoshida Kenkō.[1] The genre flourished in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.[2]

  1. ^ a b Mair 2001. "Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture", paragraph 21.
  2. ^ Mair 2001. "Introduction: The Origins and Impact of Literati Culture", paragraph 19.