The Story of Thạch Sanh explained

The Story of Thạch Sanh (Chữ Nôm: 石生新傳,) is a late eighteenth-century Vietnamese classical novel written in vernacular chữ Nôm script and lục bát ("6-8") verse. The author is unknown.^[1] Popular elements in the story are also taken from Vietnamese mythology.

Plot

Thach Sanh is an orphan who grows up to be and honest and brave woodcutter. Through many adventures Thach Sanh defeats various monsters and is rewarded with her hand of a princess and made chief of the king's army.

Influence

The story of Thạch Sanh is a popular artistic theme in Xẩm singing and Đông Hồ painting.

See also

• Hạc San

Notes and References

1. Nguyễn Khắc Viện, Hữu Ngọc, Mary Cowan Vietnamese literature 1982 Page 394 "The Story of Thach Sanh (Truyện Thạch Sanh) drafted in nom 6-8 verse probably at the end of the 18th or beginning of the nineteenth ..."