演えん義ぎ

noun

popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language

Refers to making a complex topic (often history or a classic) accessible to a general audience through simplified explanation or adaptation.

• この本ほんは三さん国ごく志しの演えん義ぎとして広ひろく読よまれている。

  This book is widely read as a popularization of the Records of the Three Kingdoms.

• 難むずかしい歴れき史しを演えん義ぎして、子こどもにもわかるようにした。

  They simplified the difficult history so that even children could understand it.

noun

historical novel; popular history adaptation (esp. Chinese)

Specifically denotes a genre of historical fiction that dramatizes real events for popular consumption, most famously associated with Chinese classics like 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' (三国志演義).

• 『三さん国ごく志し演えん義ぎ』は中ちゅう国ごくの代だい表ひょう的てきな演えん義ぎ小しょう説せつだ。

  'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' is a representative Chinese historical novel.

• 彼かれは史し実じつをもとに演えん義ぎを書かいた。

  He wrote a historical novel based on historical facts.