Lady Murasaki Shikubu's the Tale of Genji is seen as the first of its kind in literature.

紫式部的《源氏物语》被看作是这类文学的开山鼻祖。

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Sergio: Speaking about paper, the best novel ever written was The Tale of Genji by the Lady Murasaki.

塞吉奥：说到纸，迄今为止最好的小说是紫氏部写的《源氏物语》。

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It CONTAINS no military adventures nor epic journeys. Yet "The Tale of Genji" is in every way Japan's equivalent of Homer's "Iliad".

没有军事冒险活动，也没有史诗般的历程- - -然而，《源氏物语》在日本的影响力却完全可以与荷马所著的《伊利亚特》相媲美。

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In contrast, the principal characters in Lady Murasaki's "The Tale of Genji, " the Japanese epic often cited as the first novel, delight in music, which is an integral part of court life.

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Ghost tweeting is a form of ghost writing, an art that's been around since The Tale of Genji appeared in early 11th-century Japan (believed to be the first published novel and ghostwritten, in part, by a relative of the author).

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