Shi Nai'an

Quotes

• “My friends are all broad-minded, and well educated, but we do not keep a record of our conversations. The reason for this is (1) we are too lazy, and do not aspire to fame; (2) to talk gives us pleasure, but to write would give trouble; (3) none of us would be able to read it again after our deaths, so why worry; (4) if we wrote something this year we should probably find it all wrong the next year.”
• “Within the bounds of the four seas, all men are brothers.”

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Key facts

Born

c. 1296

Died

c. 1372

Occupation

Writer

Language

Chinese

Nationality

Chinese

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Wikidata facts

Image

Statue of Shi Naian.jpg

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