警世通言

Traditional form:

警世通言

Pinyin (reading):

Jǐngshì Tōngyán

Definitions:

• Stories to Caution the World, vernacular short stories by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍／冯梦龙 ( Féng Mènglóng) published in 1624

Characters:

• 警 - to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say

Traditional characters:

• 警 - to guard, to watch; alarm, alert
• 世 - generation, era, age; world
• 通 - to pass through, to open, to connect; to communicate; common
• 言 - words, speech; to speak, to say