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Books by 叶广芩
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Gathering Mulberry Leaves 采桑子
This long novel tells of the lives of Manchu aristocrats. It is a richly colored portrait of human destiny, steeped in cultural meaning, and an endless elegy that confronts the vicissitudes of life. After the fall of the Qing dynasty, the Manchus of the grand old mansions scattered. The fourteen Jin siblings and their relatives and friends went their separate ways: the eldest son rebelled against the imperial clan and joined the military intelligence service; the eldest daughter devoted her life
500Reads9.5Score131Shelves
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Matchmaker for the Top Scholar 状元媒
The novel The Matchmaker is a representative work in the family series by Ye Guangqin, a leading writer of Beijing-style literature. It tells how Liu Chunlin, the last top scholar of the Qing dynasty, played matchmaker and brought about the marriage between Jin Ruifu, the father and descendant of the imperial family, and Chen Meizhen, his commoner mother. This set in motion a story involving the members of the Jin family household, along with their relatives and friends. The story is told throug
289Reads9.5Score—Shelves