古今小說

Stories Old and New by Feng Menglong 馮夢龍|冯梦龙[Feng2 Meng4 long2], collection of late Ming baihua 白話|白话[bai2 hua4] tales published in 1620

surname Gu

ancient / old / paleo-

then and now / ancient and modern

now / the present time / current / contemporary / this (day, year etc)

small / tiny / few / young

novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]

to persuade

to speak / to say / to explain / to scold / to tell off / a theory (typically the last character in a compound, as in 日心說|日心说 heliocentric theory)

to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine