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Books by Ren Junshuang, Who Loves Grilled Drunken Fish
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The Setting Sun Over the Xiang River 湘江残照
Synopsis of The Setting Sun Over the Xiang River In the first year of the Xianfeng reign, the Taiping Rebellion began. Zeng Guofan, Liu Rong, and Guo Songtao put down their writing brushes and took up arms, forming the Xiang Army. Their children, Zeng Jize, Liu Zhilan, and Guo Yun, grew up together in Hetang, Xiangxiang. Jize and Zhilan were childhood sweethearts. They pledged their love with half a brush made of mottled bamboo and vowed to marry when peace returned to the land. Guo Yun kept h
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The Last Courtesan of the Ming Dynasty 大明遗妓
On the nineteenth day of the third month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen’s reign, Beijing fell and the emperor died for his country. That day, countless lives were changed forever. Yao Xijun remembered that morning. When the Imperial Guards took her father, Yao Lianyu, away, he said only one thing: “If the ruler wants his subject dead, the subject has no choice but to die.” At the time, she didn’t know what being sentenced to “the entertainment bureau” meant. Not until she understood that f
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Liangzi River 亮子河
Liangzi River, a little stream so small it isn’t even marked on maps. In the autumn of 1931, men in yellow uniforms arrived at Yujia Village by the river. Yu Zhenshan was twenty-five, the third son in his family, and a farmer. He couldn’t read and had never traveled far. His greatest wish in life was simply to have enough to eat, stay warm, and get by. But life would not let him. After the Japanese came, his greatest wish became this: to stay alive. He was no hero. He had never led a battle or d
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