Ganzeyao 甘澤謠

Ganzeyao 甘澤謠 "Tales of sweet enrichment" is a collection of stories compiled during the Tang period 唐 (618-907) by Yuan Jiao 袁郊 (died 844), courtesy name Zigan 子乾. He hailed from Caizhou 蔡州 (today's Queshan 確山, Henan) or from Chenjun 陳郡, lived during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong 唐宣宗 (r. 846-859) and served as a director (langzhong 郎中) in the Ministry of Sacrifices (cibu 祠部), academician (xueshi 學士) in the Hanlin Academy 翰林院 and regional inspector (cishi 刺史) of Guozhou 虢州. Yuan Xiao was befriended with Wen Tingyun 溫庭筠 (812-840).

The book was completed in 868 and includes nine stories of extraordinary events, immortals, Buddhists, and the miraculous skills of wandering knights. The language is highly refined and elegant, which contributed to the text's broad circulation. There is a preface written by the Ming-period 明 (1368-1644) scholar Yang Yi 楊儀. One chapter called Nie Yin niang 聶隱娘 is quoted in the encyclopaedia Taiping guangji 太平廣記, but not to be found in the received version, which is otherwise likely to be preserved complete. This quoted chapter is likely to be derived from Pei Xing's 裴鉶 book Chuanqi 傳奇, and not the Ganzeyao.

The Ganzeyao is included in the series Jindai mishu 津逮秘書, Xuejin taoyuan 學津討源, Siku quanshu 四庫全書, and Congshu jicheng 叢書集成. In 1978, the Shanghai Guji Press 上海古籍出版社 published Wang Pijiang's 汪辟疆 (1887-1966) book Tangren xiaoshuo 唐人小說, which includes the whole text of the Ganzeyao.