近日，16部中国网络文学作品首次被收录至世界最大的学术图书馆之一——大英图书馆的中文馆藏书目之中。
入藏大英图书馆的16部中国网络小说，原连载于起点读书网。图源：Business Matters
这16本网文作品分别是：
《赘婿》（My Heroic Husband）
《赤心巡天》(Up in the Heaven)
《地球纪元》(The Era of the Earth)
《第一序列》(The First Order)
《大国重工》(Great Power, Heavy Industry)
《大医凌然》(Great Doctor Ling Ran)
《画春光》(Good Spring Time)
《大宋的智慧》(The Wisdom of the Great Song Dynasty)
《贞观大闲人》(Zhenguan Big Idler)
《神藏》(Mystical Treasures)
《复兴之路》(The Road to Revival)
《纣临》(Zhou Lin)
《魔术江湖》(Magic World)
《穹顶之上》(Above the Dome)
《大讼师》(The Great Lawyer)
《掌欢》(Zhang Huan/Happiness in Palm)
这16本网文作品既涉及了科幻、历史、现实、奇幻等多个网络文学题材，也涵盖了中国网络文学20余年从初期到当下的经典作品。
Covering themes of science fiction, history, reality and fantasy, these works are considered the classics of Chinese online literature from the past 20 years.
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As one of the largest research libraries in the world, the British Library houses more than 170 million items, including the cultural relics of different civilizations from throughout history.
Its collection contains 14 million books, along with a vast number of manuscripts and other items, including the original manuscript version of Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland, the original manuscripts of Mozart musical scores, and copies of the First Folio of Shakespeare. In the Chinese collection, people can find more than 450 Chinese oracle bones dating back over three millennia to the Shang Dynasty and the Diamond Sutra, the world's earliest-dated printed book.
The British Library selects books based on readers’ requirements and the value of the items — what people want to read and what works are culturally significant. It welcomes items that reflect the history, art and culture of a country or region. The inclusion of the 16 works demonstrates that online literature has become an important contemporary cultural phenomenon.
The author created a representative female protagonist who was tough and intelligent, facing up to hardships with courage, perseverance and optimism.
“I hope through this novel, overseas readers can get a glimpse of the power and beauty of Chinese women, and can experience the charm of Chinese food culture. It's a surprise to me that online fiction can be added to the collection of a foreign library. When my novel entered the collection of the National Library of China, I was very happy. It's a milestone for my creation. Today, when I heard the British Library is collecting Chinese online literature, I'm happy for online literature. It feels like the path of online novel writing is becoming ever wider, "the writer says.
Another novel on the list, Good Spring Time, focuses on Chinese porcelain culture, conveying a spirit that encourages people to fight against fate sedulously, and depicts women's independence, as well as the love and care among family members. Readers can see a splendid, elegant China through the tradition, romance, friendship, struggles and beauty described in the novel.
In The First Order, the author presents a wasteland, in which Chinese people do not give up their principles and, despite material shortage, they live an optimistic life.
"I want to present the perseverance and resilience of Chinese people. If there is only a small ray of hope, we will survive and live on," the author says.
Great Power, Heavy Industry tells of how China's manufacturing industries have grown stronger in recent decades, and foreign readers can learn about the Chinese system and culture behind the country's swift economic development, getting to know China better in the process.
Excited fans and authors in China hailed the admission as a successful cultural export, calling for more acknowledgement of the genre at home.
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