世说新语

Traditional form:

世說新語

Pinyin (reading):

Shìshuō Xīnyǔ

Definitions:

• A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶／刘义庆 ( Liú Yìqìng)

Characters:

• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 说 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 语 - words, language; saying, expression

Traditional characters:

• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 說 - to speak, to say; to scold, to upbraid
• 新 - new, recent, fresh, modern
• 語 - words, language; saying, expression