A monkey saw Yan after his death and asked to be reincarnated. The king said, "If you want to be a man, you must pull out all your hair." Then he told Hag to pluck the monkey's hair. If you pull out o

A monkey saw Yan after his death and asked to be reincarnated. The king said, "If you want to be a man, you must pull out all your hair." Then he told Hag to pluck the monkey's hair. If you pull out one, the monkey will scream Many people call him "penny". Whether it is true or not has not been verified. However, according to other data, the story comes from Laughing Forest, the first joke collection in ancient China, also known as Laughing Forest Wide Record.

This book was compiled by Ren Wei Han Danchun in the Three Kingdoms period. Bo Gu's All-rounder by Han Danchun is highly valued by Cao Cao and his son. This book was called three volumes in Sui Shu and Tang Dynasty, but it died in Song Dynasty. However, some jokes are scattered in books such as Yi Wen Ji, Tai Ping Guang Ji and Tai Ping Yulan. In Qing Dynasty, Ma Guohan made up 27 jokes in Han Yu Shan Ju's suicide note, Lu Xun added 3 jokes in the ancient novel Hook Shen, and Wang Qili compiled a collection of jokes of past dynasties, which included 30 jokes.

The selection of songs in Laughing Forest contains satirical and foolish behaviors such as entering the city with a long pole, obsessing over her husband, curing humpback and invisible leaves. Others ridiculed the greed and ignorance of the upper ruling class, such as the old man in the Han Dynasty, Wu's frugality, and the pheasant in the Chu State. There are eloquent people and things, such as One Night's Scare and Bite on the Nose. There are anecdotes about literati, such as Yao Biao pouring salt into the river and Zhao Bogong being fat.

The folk jokes collected in Laughing Forest reflect some human feelings, satirize absurd words and deeds, and are vivid and interesting. But there are some jokes that are not interesting.

After the publication of Laughing Forest, a series of jokes such as laughing praise and laughing house appeared one after another.