Home›East and Southeast Asian Literature›Form Mostly Written›NovelBrowse ByNovelFactsNovelSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1050 BCE 1Primary Language or TraditionWell-attestedEast and Southeast Asian 1NovelFilter Results29 entriesGenreAllCrime Fiction (2)Drama (1)Fantasy (2)Feminist Literature (1)Historical Drama (1)Mystery Fiction (1)Nonfiction Prose (2)Poetry (6)Science Fiction (1)Short Fiction (4)The Novel (22)Original LanguageAllEnglish (3)German (1)Japanese (9)Korean (3)Mandarin Chinese (2)Romanian (1)Sinitic (11)Spanish (1)Vietnamese (1)NationalityAllChina (15)Japan (8)Joseon (1)Malaysia (1)Philippines (1)South Korea (2)Vietnam (1)Active EraAll1500 to 1582 (1)1569 to 1618 (1)1574 to 1646 (1)1637 to 1692 (1)1701 to 1754 (1)1710 to 1765 (1)1861 to 1896 (1)1867 to 1916 (1)1881 to 1936 (1)1892 to 1962 (1)1896 to 1981 (1)1904 to 1986 (1)1904 to 2005 (1)1925 to 1970 (1)1935 to 2023 (1)1958 to 2026 (1)779 to 831 (1)973 to 1014 (1)978 to 1014 (1)MovementAllNew Culture Movement (1)New Yuefu movement (1)Realism (1)Influenced ByAllJean-Paul Sartre (1)William Faulkner (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 29Ba JinNovelBao NinhNovelCao XueqinNovelDing LingNovelEiji YoshikawaNovelFeng MenglongNovelHan KangNovelHaruki MurakamiNovelHŏ KyunNovelJosé RizalNovelKeigo HigashinoNovelKenzaburō ŌeNovelKim Man-jungNovelLiu CixinNovelLu XunNovelLuo GuanzhongNovelMao DunNovelMo YanNovelMurasaki ShikibuNovelNatsume SōsekiNovelNatsuo KirinoNovelWu Cheng'enNovelWu JingziNovelXu ZhonglinNovelYan LiankeNovelYang MoNovelYangsze ChooNovelYuan ZhenNovelYukio MishimaNovelSources1. Book of Documents (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaBook of Documents, modern-script chapters dating sentenceQuote, Book of Documents, modern-script chapters dating sentenceSome of its modern-script chapters are among the earliest examples of Chinese prose, recording speeches from the early years of the Zhou dynasty in the late 11th century BC.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.