Qingmengwa (novel Banned in the Qing Dynasty)
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"Qingmengwai" is a vernacular novel written by a wine drinker in Anyang during the Qing Dynasty. Set in the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, it tells the tortuous love story of Hu Chuqing and Shen Ruosu, a scholar in Guide Prefecture, Henan. This book was once banned, mainly because the concept of independent marriage promoted in the book was not tolerated by the world. The novel combines the plot of talented people and beautiful women with the theme of admonishing good and forbidding evil. Through the ups and downs of the plot and the complex and changeable fate of the characters, it shows the world's scenery and the good and evil of human nature. The language is elegant and vivid, and the plot is fascinating.
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