警世 jǐngshì to warn the world Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 警世通言 jǐngshìtōngyán Stories to Caution the World A classic collection of 40 vernacular short stories compiled by Feng Menglong during the Ming Dynasty, published in 1624; one of the three volumes known as the [[三言|三言|san1 yan2]].