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 Project Gutenberg 2008-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 106 Xingshijushi 醒世居士 八段錦 Ba Duan Jin Produced by Qian-Wen Gao "八段錦" by Xingshijushi is a fictional work likely written in the late Ming or early Qing period. The text appears to be a narrative that delves into themes of desires, morality, and the consequences of unchecked passions, framed within the lives of its characters and their entanglements. The opening suggests a focus on various individuals who succumb to their desires, leading to tragic outcomes, ultimately serving as a cautionary tale against indulgence in lust and greed. At the start of the narrative, the text opens with a poem referencing historical figures and their downfalls due to lust, setting a tone of warning. The story then introduces Yun Fa, a wealthy youth in Song Dynasty China, who becomes enamored with a beautiful woman, only to be drawn into a web of scandal and moral decay. Through Yun Fa’s interactions with the alluring figures of his environment, the text explores the precarious balance between desire and virtue, hinting at the potential ruin that awaits him should he remain unguarded against the temptations that threaten to disrupt his life and family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 160983 160933 2024-09-11T04:26:21.657717 2023-09-11T07:58:52.300648 text/html text/html 160976 160926 2024-09-11T04:26:21.904714 2023-09-11T07:58:52.429658 text/html text/html 101212 2024-09-11T04:26:24.928703 application/epub+zip 102009 2024-09-11T04:26:22.938728 application/epub+zip 102009 2024-09-11T04:26:22.273697 application/epub+zip 197378 2024-09-11T04:26:26.414731 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 189725 2024-09-11T04:26:24.517684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190084 2022-09-11T14:15:53.173094 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151703 2024-09-11T04:26:21.490749 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151641 2008-04-30T09:34:38 text/plain; charset=utf-8 68794 2008-04-30T09:34:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 16649 2024-09-11T04:26:26.540673 application/rdf+xml 6826 2024-09-11T04:26:22.601696 image/jpeg 2137 2024-09-11T04:26:22.435698 image/jpeg 101016 2024-09-11T04:26:21.918711 application/octet-stream application/zip