How many words does the world's shortest novel have? Write it down!

Answer 1

The shortest novel in the world was a paragraph from 'Dream of the Red Chamber', which only had three words:

Jia Baoyu dream-walked in the Great Illusionary Land.

This passage came from the 97th chapter of the novel 'Dream of the Red Chamber'. It was an illusion that Jia Baoyu saw when he was sleepwalking in the Great Illusionary Land. Although this passage only had three words, it became a classic in the history of Chinese literature because of its concise language and philosophical meaning.