Project Gutenberg 2008-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 226 Yanxiazhuren, active 18th century 煙霞主人 烟霞主人 Yen-hsia-chu-jen 幻中游 幻中遊 Huan Zhong You Produced by Hui-Ting Chuang "幻中游" by active 18th century Yanxiazhuren is a historical novel written in the late 17th century to early 18th century. The story centers around a scholar named 石峨 (Shi E), who struggles to maintain his integrity and ambition in a society defined by political machinations and corrupt officials. The narrative reveals his challenges, particularly as he faces numerous examinations and societal pressures while striving for a successful career, alongside the life of his prodigious son, 蕙郎 (Hui Lang). The opening of the novel introduces Shi E, a talented scholar with a firm belief in his principles, who has faced repeated failures in his civil service examinations. He is married to 卓氏, a supportive wife, and they have a gifted son named Hui Lang, who shows exceptional promise in both academia and the arts from a young age. As Shi E receives encouragement from his wife and peers, he contemplates the balance between personal ambition and the societal demands placed upon him. The initial chapters set a foundation for the themes of aspiration, familial duty, and the complexities of navigating a bureaucratic society, all intertwined with the expectations and realities of life during the Ming Dynasty. (This is an automatically generated summary.) zh Su, Shi, 1037-1101 -- Fiction PL Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels 250094 2025-06-11T06:49:24.675910 text/html 249915 2025-01-11T09:51:28.791636 text/html 166585 2025-06-11T06:49:30.817872 application/epub+zip 169534 2025-06-11T06:49:26.590892 application/epub+zip 169534 2025-06-11T06:49:25.347886 application/epub+zip 312202 2025-06-11T06:49:33.526886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295693 2025-06-11T06:49:30.086865 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268213 2022-09-12T11:11:10.918036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200049 2025-06-11T06:49:24.309959 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 199934 2021-01-04T04:41:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 90042 2021-01-04T04:41:36 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 16791 2025-06-11T06:49:33.662866 application/rdf+xml 8783 2025-06-11T06:49:25.911868 image/jpeg 2287 2025-06-11T06:49:25.625866 image/jpeg 163165 2025-06-11T06:49:24.697883 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