Truyện Thạch Sanh


The Truyện Thạch Sanh is a late Eighteenth Century Vietnamese classical novel written in vernacular nôm script and lục bát verse. The author is unknown. 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.