世说新语 shì shuō xīn yǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. A New Account of the Tales of the World, collection of anecdotes, conversations, remarks etc of historic personalities, compiled and edited by Liu Yiqing 劉義慶|刘义庆[Liu2 Yi4 qing4]

CHARACTERS

世 shì generation; world; era
说 shuō speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
新 xīn new, recent, fresh, modern
语 yǔ language, words; saying, expression