Project Gutenberg 2008-01-15 Public domain in the USA. 53 Zhang, Zhuo 張鷟 Zhang, Wencheng 遊仙窟 You xian ku Reading ease score: 93.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Pei-Hsuan Yan "遊仙窟" by Zhuo Zhang is a classical Chinese novel that was likely written during the late imperial period, a time when literary and artistic pursuits flourished in China. This book, which weaves elements of fantasy and romance, centers around themes of fate and longing, reflecting the cultural sentiments of its era through poetic language and mythological elements. The story follows an unnamed protagonist who embarks on a journey to a legendary cave known as the "Cave of the Immortals." His adventures lead him to encounter a mesmerizing girl named 十娘 (Tenniang), a descendant of an illustrious family. As they interact, their conversations are interspersed with poetry and flirtation, revealing deep emotional connections intertwined with themes of love and destiny. The narrative explores the fleeting nature of human connections against the backdrop of transient beauty, artfully blending the protagonist's yearning with the rich, lush imagery of the cave and its surroundings. The tensions of love and separation are poignantly illustrated, particularly as the story culminates in an emotional farewell, accentuating the struggles of earthly desires in the quest for eternal life. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Tang dynasty, 618-907 PL Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 61474 61415 2024-10-10T11:58:53.132118 2023-09-11T04:24:18.173521 text/html text/html 61467 61408 2024-10-10T11:58:53.344124 2023-09-11T04:24:18.296531 text/html text/html 70746 2024-10-10T11:58:56.897100 application/epub+zip 69750 2024-10-10T11:58:54.943101 application/epub+zip 69751 2024-10-10T11:58:53.872090 application/epub+zip 128301 2024-10-10T11:58:58.358094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123424 2024-10-10T11:58:56.334145 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109117 2022-09-11T09:18:08.446294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53794 2024-10-10T11:58:52.911150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53710 2008-01-15T04:26:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 25379 2008-01-15T04:26:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17987 2024-10-10T11:58:58.474094 application/rdf+xml 7743 2024-10-10T11:58:54.434086 image/jpeg 2334 2024-10-10T11:58:54.161093 image/jpeg 67993 2024-10-10T11:58:53.350205 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