Project Gutenberg 2008-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 202 Shen, Qifeng 1741 沈起鳳 諧鐸 Xie Duo Produced by Ya Zhu Yang "諧鐸" by Qifeng Shen is a collection of literary pieces likely written during the late 19th century. The work encompasses various narratives, seemingly exploring themes of love, morality, and the consequences of human actions. Through dialogues between characters—such as scholars, ethereal beings, and creatures with anthropomorphic qualities—it amplifies human emotions and conditions, blending philosophical reflections with vivid storytelling. The opening of the collection introduces a character named 寧 who is portrayed as a diligent scholar, preoccupied with books and philosophical musings. While taking a rest in a garden, he encounters a mystical fox spirit disguised as a woman, which leads to an intellectual exchange between them. This exchange culminates in a relationship marked by seduction and a subsequent decline in 宁's health, primarily attributed to his growing infatuation and waning academic pursuits. This portion establishes the duality of attraction and distraction, setting the tone for the tales that follow, which are likely to intermingle the supernatural with the everyday, revealing deeper truths about human nature. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Short stories, Chinese PL Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 352756 352699 2024-10-11T05:12:04.079154 2023-09-11T08:28:55.709009 text/html text/html 352749 352692 2024-10-11T05:12:04.339079 2023-09-11T08:28:55.851981 text/html text/html 224282 2024-10-11T05:12:09.516050 application/epub+zip 228277 2024-10-11T05:12:06.182089 application/epub+zip 228278 2024-10-11T05:12:04.993135 application/epub+zip 409260 2024-10-11T05:12:11.840042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404139 2024-10-11T05:12:08.838083 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 386791 2022-09-12T03:56:38.806621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325003 2024-10-11T05:12:03.786074 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 324919 2008-05-07T11:44:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 164736 2008-05-07T11:44:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18275 2024-10-11T05:12:11.965075 application/rdf+xml 8302 2024-10-11T05:12:05.555103 image/jpeg 2385 2024-10-11T05:12:05.277066 image/jpeg 220098 2024-10-11T05:12:04.367170 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