Eighty-One Dreams/八十一梦

"""Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School"" & Representative Bestsellers of Republican China

鸳鸯蝴蝶派代表作品

Written during the Chongqing bombings, this surreal satire uses 81 dream allegories (only 14 published) to expose wartime corruption. Blending traditional ghost stories with Kafkaesque bureaucracy, it became known as ""China's first political fantasy"".

《八十一梦》是张恨水创作于抗战时期的社会讽刺寓言集，完成于1941年重庆大轰炸期间。作品借梦境叙事，以81个荒诞故事（实际仅发表14梦）影射战时陪都的腐败乱象，被誉为""民国版《聊斋》""。

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