A Hundred Books in a Hundred Years: Flowers in the Sea of Suffering

Author: Zeng Pu
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: The author, Zeng Pu (1871–1935), styled Mengpu, was a native of Changshu, Jiangsu. Born into an official family, he entered the civil service through the imperial examinations. He studied French at the Tongwen Guan, a school established by the Self-Strengthening Movement, and participated in some activities of the Reform Movement. After 1900, Zeng Pu resigned from his official post to found the Xiaoshu Lin Bookstore, publishing novels and introducing foreign works. Later, he opened the Meishan Bookstore in Shanghai and founded the journal Zhen Mei Shan.