Mirror-Maze Journey Through Strange Countries

Author: Li Ruzhen
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Strange in the classical Chinese novels of our country, contemporary scholars call it "a heterogeneous theory," and foreign scholars praise it as "a monumental work that fuses fantasy, historical, satirical, and travel novels into one pot." The entire book is humorous and full of wit. Many curious and interesting stories have been widely circulated and passed down for a long time. This novel, through the description of a fantastical overseas world, mercilessly satirizes the human nature and social conditions of the real world. It embodies the author's social ideals. The language is vivid, fluent, humorous, and interesting, making it a classic Chinese literary masterpiece that has been passed down through the ages. Liu Ruzhen (c. 1763–c. 1830), styled Songshi, was known as Songshi Daoren. He was erudite and versatile, proficient not only in literature and music but also in Go. Liu Ruzhen lived in poverty in his later years but spent over a decade writing Strange Flowers in a Mirror.