Mirror Fluctuation (Full Color Edition) (Full Color Edition)

Author: Li Ru Zhen
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: The storyline of the entire book is simple yet clear. In terms of structure, the book can be divided into two parts. The first fifty chapters describe the protagonist Tang Ao failing the imperial examination and feeling disheartened and melancholic. He then accompanies his sister-in-law Lin Zhiyang on a journey overseas, guided by the ship's crew member Duo Jiugong. They observe the strange and wonderful tales of over forty countries abroad, and Tang Ao eventually enters the immortal mountain Xiaopenglai and does not return. The chief of the Flower Goddess, Huaishen, is incarnated as Tang Ao's daughter, Xiaoshan. Xiaoshan, longing for her father, sets out to sea to find him and unexpectedly discovers a "Heavenly Book" in Xiaopenglai. The last fifty chapters describe Wu Zetian opening the first women's imperial examination, with the deposed Flower Goddesses all passing the exam and reuniting in the mortal world. Later, Xiaoshan returns to the immortal mountain. The ending depicts Emperor Zhongzong of Tang restoring the throne, and Wu Zetian issues an edict to reopen the women's imperial examination the following year.