Laughing Forest is the earliest collection of books in ancient China.

The first collection of jokes in ancient China. Compiled by Ren Wei Han Danchun in the Three Kingdoms Period. Han Danchun was born in Yingchuan, Henan. "erudition and versatility" 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.