Project Gutenberg 2008-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 328 Jingtianzhuren 静恬主人 金石緣 Jin Shi Yuan Produced by Yi-Hong Chen "金石緣" by Jingtianzhuren is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the lives of several characters, particularly focusing on family dynamics, marriage prospects, and societal expectations in a historical Chinese setting. Notably, central figures include the talented young scholar 金桂 and his son 金玉, whose promising future is intertwined with the ambitions and fortunes of those around him. The opening of the novel introduces us to the protagonist, the young scholar 金桂 (also known as 彦庵), who has achieved great academic success at a young age but is thrown into tragedy following a series of family losses. After the death of his parents, he is left to navigate the complexities of life with his children. Concurrently, we learn about 林旺, a wealthy man obsessed with marrying his daughters into high status, and the dire situation of a physician, 石道全, who faces wrongful accusations that could lead to his destruction. These various storylines set the stage for themes of fate, societal pressures, and moral dilemmas as characters confront their circumstances in pursuit of wealth and honor. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 PL Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels 367536 2025-06-10T12:28:16.032391 text/html 367357 2025-01-10T12:13:56.663345 text/html 213385 2025-06-10T12:28:21.254875 application/epub+zip 216683 2025-06-10T12:28:17.961899 application/epub+zip 216682 2025-06-10T12:28:16.740936 application/epub+zip 413677 2025-06-10T12:28:23.620844 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 403759 2025-06-10T12:28:20.543955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 379521 2022-09-12T03:55:07.977919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356170 2025-06-10T12:28:15.741426 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 356085 2008-05-07T10:43:46 text/plain; charset=utf-8 156025 2008-05-07T10:43:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 16860 2025-06-10T12:28:25.334944 application/rdf+xml 9051 2025-06-10T12:28:17.324874 image/jpeg 2543 2025-06-10T12:28:17.032912 image/jpeg 208577 2025-06-10T12:28:16.063387 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