Project Gutenberg 2007-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 281 Li, Ruzhen 李汝珍 鏡花緣 Jing hua yuan Produced by Wan Jei Chen "鏡花緣" by Ruzhen Li is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative delves into themes of feminine virtue and spirituality, featuring celestial beings such as fairy maidens and goddesses who navigate moral and social duties in their fantastical realm. At the start of the story, a philosophical introduction sets the tone by referencing the necessary virtues of women as espoused by historical texts. The plot unfolds in a mythical landscape where four fairy sisters, headed by the 百花仙子 (Hundred Flowers Fairy), prepare to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West. As they travel amidst the heavenly realms, they marvel at celestial signs and the appearances of divine entities, foreshadowing significant events to come. The dialogue among the fairies hints at deeper themes of duty and temporal power as they engage in discussions about rituals and the consequences of their actions on the mortal realm. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Fantasy fiction, Chinese PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 1340679 1340621 2024-10-10T10:04:21.279685 2023-09-10T12:16:45.220625 text/html text/html 1340672 1340614 2024-10-10T10:04:21.662752 2023-09-10T12:16:45.393608 text/html text/html 626111 2024-10-10T10:04:30.116724 application/epub+zip 647231 2024-10-10T10:04:23.750664 application/epub+zip 647231 2024-10-10T10:04:22.497888 application/epub+zip 1233595 2024-10-10T10:04:34.774649 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1216010 2024-10-10T10:04:29.351658 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1201451 2022-09-11T07:18:57.944972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1293654 2024-10-10T10:04:20.603678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1293579 2007-12-11T10:51:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 566580 2007-12-11T10:51:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18267 2024-10-10T10:04:34.908620 application/rdf+xml 7620 2024-10-10T10:04:23.041694 image/jpeg 2145 2024-10-10T10:04:22.767743 image/jpeg 618687 2024-10-10T10:04:21.761688 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog