Qiao Lian Zhu
Chinese novel
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Qiao Lian Zhu is a Chinese novel of the caizi jiaren genre.[1][2] The earliest extant edition of the novel dates to the early 18th century during the Yongzheng era. The novel was written by a writer under the pseudonym Yanxiayishi (煙霞逸士), with some asserting that it was an alias for the writer Liu Zhang (劉璋, born 1667), although this is disputed by others.[3]
| Qiao Lian Zhu | |||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 巧聯珠 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 巧联珠 | ||||||
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The novel narrates the love story between the talented scholar Wen Xiangru and the two beauties Fang Fangyun and Hu Qianyun.
Pages from a printed edition of the novel Qiao Lian Zhu (volume 1), from the Harvard-Yenching Library Chinese Rare Books Digitization Project - Qi Rushan collection National Library of China
Pages from a printed edition of the novel Qiao Lian Zhu (volume 2)
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