Vernacular Nine-Tailed Turtle

Qing Dynasty-Zhang Chunfan Four Forbidden Books in the Late Qing Dynasty The core plot of the novel revolves around Zhang Qiugu (also known as Zhang Ying), a famous scholar in Changshu, Jiangsu. He felt depressed about his family life, so he ran away from home and traveled to romantic places in Shanghai, Suzhou and other places. Through Zhang Qiugu's experience of being a prostitute, the story depicts various urban figures such as prostitutes, bureaucrats, merchants, and gangsters, and exposes various chaos such as blackmail in brothels, collusion between officials and businessmen, and moral decay in late Qing society.