Meaning of 话本
话本 means vernacular story script from the Song Dynasty; written vernacular stories used as texts for storytelling and ballad singing. Pronounced huà běn.
- vernacular story script from the Song Dynasty; written vernacular stories used as texts for storytelling and ballad singing
Definitions & Examples
Huà话
běn本
xiǎo小
shuō说
shì是
Zhōng中
guó国
gǔ古
dài代
wén文
xué学
de的
zhòng重
yào要
zǔ组
chéng成
bù部
fèn分
。
Vernacular story scripts are an important part of ancient Chinese literature.
《
Qīng清
píng平
shān山
táng堂
huà话
běn本
》
shì是
xiàn现
cún存
zuì最
zǎo早
de的
huà话
běn本
jí集
zhī之
yī一
。
'Qingping Shantang Huaben' is one of the earliest surviving collections of vernacular story scripts.
Sòng宋
Yuán元
huà话
běn本
duì对
hòu后
lái来
de的
zhāng章
huí回
xiǎo小
shuō说
chǎn产
shēng生
le了
shēn深
yuǎn远
yǐng影
xiǎng响
。
Song and Yuan dynasty vernacular scripts had a profound influence on later chapter-based novels.
Shuō说
shū书
rén人
gēn根
jù据
huà话
běn本
de的
nèi内
róng容
xiàng向
tīng听
zhòng众
jiǎng讲
shù述
gù故
shi事
。
The storyteller narrated stories to the audience based on the content of the vernacular scripts.