Were the stories in 'Shi Shuo Xin Yu' true? How much of it was fictional?
Shi Shuo Xin Yu was an ancient Chinese novel that contained many descriptions of history, characters, culture, and so on. Although the stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu had a certain degree of authenticity, many of them were fictional or fabricated based on rumors and stories at that time. Because Shi Shuo Xin Yu was written earlier, many of its contents could not be verified, so it was impossible to determine how many stories were fictional. But generally speaking, most of the stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu were based on the actual social, political, and cultural situations of the time. Some were fictional or were processed and interpreted from historical events and characters. Therefore, it is impossible to determine how many stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu are true, but it is certain that it contains a lot of valuable ideas and cultural information that has had a profound impact on Chinese culture, philosophy, art and other aspects.