On Three Remarkable Legendary Love Stories in the Tang Dynasty

The Chinese novel writing develops into a new stage in the Tang Dynasty and the legendary stories in mid-Tang period reaches a golden age. As far as the contents are concerned , the works reflecting the actual life at the time takes the leading position, while among the legendary works the love stories achieve the highest, which mostly praise faithful love, rebuke the feudal ethics and the cruel feudal family discipline toward women. These works create a series of beautiful women images by using realistic skills to depict characters' personality and the environment atmosphere.