Biji (Chinese literature)

Brush notes or records brush (Chinese笔记/笔记, Pinyin biji ) are a difficult definable genus of short prose mainly from classical Chinese literature. The word can be roughly with " notebook " or " records " translate ( as a writing material was the writing brush).

Brush notes consist mostly of short thoughts sketches, literary criticism, diary entries, anecdotes, quotations, also travelogues, adventure and ghost stories, jokes, puzzles, and small prose of any kind

The genre formed during the Wei and Jin Dynasty in the Six Dynasties period out and matured in the Tang Dynasty zoom. In full bloom, the Biji literature was during the time of the Song Dynasty. Even in later periods this literary genre has been extensively cultivated.

The prose pieces were often published in collections and are now valued as a precious cultural and historical sources.

Famous brush notes are the works Shishuo xinyu (世说新语) by Liu Yiqing (刘义庆) ( Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties ), Youyang zazu (酉阳 杂 俎) by Duan Chengshi (Tang Dynasty ), Song Jingwen biji (宋景文 笔记 ) song Qi (宋祁) ( song Dynasty ), Chouchi biji (仇池 笔记) by Su Shi (苏 轼) Mengxi Bitan (梦溪笔谈) by Shen Kuo (also: Shen Gua ) (沈括) ( song Dynasty) and Rongzhai Suibi (容 斋 随笔) of Hong Soon ( song Dynasty ), Dongjing meng Hua lu (东京 梦华 录) by Meng Yuanlao (孟 元老) ( Southern song Dynasty ), Shanju xinhua (山居 新 话) Yang Yu (杨 瑀) yuan Dynasty, Wuli Xiaoshi (物理 小 识) of Fang Yizhi ( Ming Dynasty ), Yuewei Caotang biji (阅 微 草堂 笔记) of Ji Yun (纪 昀) ( Qing Dynasty ).

Many brush notes have been handed in so-called congshu ( " collective works " ), such as the Shuofu (说 郛), or for later epochs the collective works Ming Qing biji congkan (明清 笔记 丛刊) or " Qingdai biji congkan " (清代 笔记 丛刊).