Tā de xiǎoshuō bèi pīpíngjiā kànzuò xiàlǐ-bārén, xiāoliàng què yuǎnyuǎn chāoguò le nàxiē yángchūn-báixuě de zuòpǐn.
Critics regarded his novels as lowbrow, yet they far outsold the highbrow works.
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In 宋玉's 《对楚王问》, a singer in the Chu capital starts with the folk tune 下里巴人 and thousands join in, while for the refined 阳春白雪 only a few dozen can. 下里 means the villages, and 巴 was an ancient state around today's Chongqing and western Hubei.
