Project Gutenberg 2007-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 929 Li, Ruzhen 李汝珍 鏡花緣 Jing hua yuan Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Mirror Produced by Wan Jei Chen "鏡花緣" by Ruzhen Li is a novel likely written in the late 19th century. The narrative delves into themes of feminine virtue and spirituality, featuring celestial beings such as fairy maidens and goddesses who navigate moral and social duties in their fantastical realm. At the start of the story, a philosophical introduction sets the tone by referencing the necessary virtues of women as espoused by historical texts. The plot unfolds in a mythical landscape where four fairy sisters, headed by the 百花仙子 (Hundred Flowers Fairy), prepare to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West. As they travel amidst the heavenly realms, they marvel at celestial signs and the appearances of divine entities, foreshadowing significant events to come. The dialogue among the fairies hints at deeper themes of duty and temporal power as they engage in discussions about rituals and the consequences of their actions on the mortal realm. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Fantasy fiction, Chinese PL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 1340851 2025-06-10T05:18:11.284385 text/html 1340672 2025-01-10T05:18:57.647921 text/html 642357 2025-06-10T05:18:19.542345 application/epub+zip 663419 2025-06-10T05:18:13.413394 application/epub+zip 663420 2025-06-10T05:18:12.139379 application/epub+zip 1244324 2025-06-10T05:18:24.102328 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1226843 2025-06-10T05:18:18.764382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1201451 2022-09-11T07:18:57.944972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1293654 2025-06-10T05:18:10.792395 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1293579 2007-12-11T10:51:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 566580 2007-12-11T10:51:50 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17553 2025-06-10T05:18:24.234324 application/rdf+xml 8086 2025-06-10T05:18:12.675367 image/jpeg 2195 2025-06-10T05:18:12.405418 image/jpeg 634923 2025-06-10T05:18:11.380379 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia