鏡花緣 by Ruzhen Li

"鏡花緣" by Ruzhen Li is a fantasy novel completed in 1827 during the Qing dynasty. When Empress Wu Zetian commands all flowers to bloom overnight, flower-spirits obey but face divine punishment—banishment to live as mortals on earth. Tang Ao, father to the incarnation of the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers, embarks on an overseas journey to strange lands including the Country of Women and the Country of Gentlemen. Through fantastical adventures and humorous storytelling, the novel explores revolutionary ideas about gender equality and envisions an ideal society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Li, Ruzhen, 1763?-1830?
Title 鏡花緣
Alternate Title Jing hua yuan
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Mirror
Credits Produced by Wan Jei Chen
Language Chinese
LoC Class PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Subject Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Subject Fantasy fiction, Chinese
Category Text
eBook-No. 23818
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Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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