Project Gutenberg 2008-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 140 Tanmengdaoren 貪夢道人 彭公案 Peng gong an Produced by Xu Jia-Fu "彭公案" by Tanmengdaoren is a historical fiction novel likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the character 彭公 (Pang Gong), who has been appointed as the magistrate of Sanhe County. As he embarks on his journey to his new post, he encounters various challenges and conflicts that set the stage for his efforts to maintain justice and uphold the law. The opening of the novel introduces 彭公 as he prepares to leave for Sanhe County after receiving his appointment. He engages in respectful farewells with his family, including his wife, who is unable to accompany him due to her pregnancy. After paying homage to his ancestors, 彭公 sets off with his servant 彭興, and they soon stop at a roadside tea house. Here, they learn about a local fair and begin to hear whispers of local trouble—particularly regarding an overarching evil figure, left unnamed in this section, who threatens the safety of the people, setting up the potential for conflict as 彭公 strives to fulfill his duties as a just leader. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 -- Fiction Detective and mystery stories, Chinese Peng, Peng, 1637-1704 -- Fiction PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - General Browsing: Fiction 2738667 2738612 2024-10-11T12:30:01.182244 2023-09-12T05:24:46.318471 text/html text/html 2738660 2738605 2024-10-11T12:30:02.022239 2023-09-12T05:24:46.483438 text/html text/html 1178950 2024-10-11T12:30:14.789196 application/epub+zip 1227505 2024-10-11T12:30:05.647326 application/epub+zip 1227505 2024-10-11T12:30:03.375218 application/epub+zip 2411703 2024-10-11T12:30:22.554154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2382043 2024-10-11T12:30:13.586251 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2367277 2022-09-12T12:11:02.585910 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2710716 2024-10-11T12:30:00.297256 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2710619 2021-01-04T06:46:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 1105712 2021-01-04T06:46:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18665 2024-10-11T12:30:23.115254 application/rdf+xml 7837 2024-10-11T12:30:04.475213 image/jpeg 2253 2024-10-11T12:30:03.904219 image/jpeg 1163644 2024-10-11T12:30:02.229275 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