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Feng Menglong and his Contribution to Chinese Literature... 21 Issues of Far Eastern Literatures: Materials of the 11th International Scientific Conference. June 27–29, 2024 Liu Yongqiang (Peking University), liuyq@pku.edu.cn Feng Menglong’s Awareness of Classic Novels and the Artistic Characters of “San Yan” The Ming versions of “Yu Shi Ming Yan”, “Jing Shi Tong Yan” and “Xing Shi Heng Yan” ( 《喻世明 言》《警世通言》《醒世恒言》 , collectively known as “ 三言 ” San Yan) each have a preface that dem- onstrates the coherence and logicality of Feng Meng-long's awareness of classic novels. Meanwhile, Feng Meng-long's compilation reflects and implements his awareness of classic novels, which is demonstrated in various aspects, including a clear understanding and conscientious grasp of the stylistic features of “Huaben” (“ 话本小说 ”), the revelation of the "vernacular" element of “Huaben” in the evolution of novel history, the endeavor to achieve and preserve a balance between mainstream ideology and worldly views, as well as the maximization of the pursuit of the art of novel writing for general public, and so forth. The classic value of "San Yan" may even surpass the novelists' understanding at the time and have extensive interpretive space and contemporaneity. Keywords: Feng Menglong San Yan Classic “Huaben” (“ 话本小说 ”) vernacular. Miao Huaiming (Nanjing university), mhm@nju.edu.cn The Image of Upright Officials Depicted by Feng Menglong Detective novels are important works of "SanYan" novels, many of which depict the image of officials. However, Feng Menglong's portrayal of officials is different from that of the Song and Yuan dynasties. He portrays the richness and complexity of officials, shifting from previous worship to reflection. Therefore, his portrayal of officials is both innovative and profound. Keywords: Feng Menglong, San Yan, novel. Shapiro Roman (Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology), rshapiro@mail.ru Scholar Ma Zhou in Feng Menglong's Story and in Chinese Historical Annals Ma Zhou ( 馬周 ) is the protagonist of Feng Menglong’s story “Penniless Ma Zhou Meets His Opportunity through aWoman Selling Pancakes” ( 《窮馬周遭際賣䭔媼》 ) from the collection “Stories to Enlighten the World” ( 《喻世明言》 ), which is part of the "ThreeWords" ( 《三言》 , 1620–1627). Ma Zhou (601–648 CE, courtesy name Bin-wang 賓王 ) was a real person who lived during the Sui and Tang eras. The circumstances of his biography are known to us from the classics 《舊唐書》 , 《新唐書》 и 《資治通鑒》 . In general, Feng Menglong follows the biography of the historical Ma Zhou: the latter was born in poverty, orphaned early, served as a tutor, his superior reprimanded him for drunkenness, Ma Zhou left his post, drank a huge amount of wine at an inn in Xinfeng, which amazed his host, then found himself in Chang’an as a “guest” of a general, for whom he wrote a report to the throne; the emperor liked the report, Ma Zhou was elevated and had a brilliant career. However, Feng Menglong stops his story shortly after the elevation of Ma Zhou, who, as we know from the annals, successfully continued his service, wrote another outstanding report to the throne, carried out important reforms, and when he was dying of a "thirst disease" (diabetes), the sovereign