《 Suí-Táng yǎnyì 》 xiě le Qín Shūbǎo, Chéng Yǎojīn děng yīngxióng de gùshi.
The Romance of Sui and Tang tells the stories of Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and other heroes.
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history
Written by 褚人获 and printed around 1695, its 100 chapters run from the Sui conquest of the Chen in 589 to the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, reworking earlier novels and storytellers' tales.
culture
Its rebel heroes, such as 秦叔宝 (also called 秦琼) and the blustering, lucky 程咬金, are household names from storytelling. The saying 半路杀出个程咬金 'Cheng Yaojin charges out halfway' is used for someone who turns up out of nowhere and upsets a plan.
