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Books by Zhang Baorui

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  1. Tales of the Drunken Swordsman 醉侠传 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞Historical199k WordsCompleted This full-length novel vividly recounts the deeds of the famed hidden hero, "Drunkard" Zhang San, whose extraordinary skills and chivalrous acts made him a legend in the capital. Zhang San was a real person, a renowned martial artist in Beijing in the late Qing and early Republican eras, and the founder of the Sanhuang Gong martial arts school. His given name was Zhang Changzhen. Born in the early Tongzhi era of the Qing dynasty, he settled in Yangyi Hutong in Dongdan, Beijing, in middle age. In 2.4kReads9.5Score134Shelves
  2. Dong Haichuan of the Eight Trigrams Palm 八卦掌董海川 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞Eastern Fantasy179k WordsCompleted This is a martial arts novel. Its principal characters and major events are all based on real people and actual events. In the third year of the Daoguang Emperor's reign, a great drought struck the Central Plains, followed by locusts, leaving misery and death in its wake. Peasant uprisings led by the Eight Trigrams Sect broke out in Hebei and Shandong, but the Qing government soon crushed them with brutal force. That year, a story worth telling took place in Cangzhou, Hebei. One sweltering after 724Reads9.3Score—Shelves
  3. The Haunted House at No. 13 13号凶宅 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞Mystery116k WordsCompleted Number 13 Qianliang Hutong in Beijing has long been a haunted house. During the Cultural Revolution, several people died mysteriously one after another inside the residence. Long Fei, an investigator with the Public Security Bureau, assumed the alias Li Qiang and moved into the compound as a housing office inspector. After a series of thrilling struggles, Li Qiang finally discovered that Number 13 was an operational base for an enemy spy organization... 676Reads9.4Score—Shelves
  4. Night Fragrance 夜香 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞Urban207k WordsCompleted The latest work by Zhang Baorui, author of the Cultural Revolution-era handwritten horror novel A Embroidered Shoe. Lao Qing is an oddball among intellectuals and a widely acknowledged “tough guy” among women. Usually unkempt, he roams the streets of Beijing with the air of a typical Beijing uncle, more “dog” than Lord Dog and more “Q” than Ah Q. With his macabre fantasies and knack for creating suspense, he leads a humorous life as a modern-day Ah Q. In Night Fragrance, Lao Qing is a curious we 14Reads8.6Score—Shelves
  5. What Exactly Do You Want? 你到底想要什么 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞Modern Romance156k WordsCompleted This is a novel depicting the emotional lives of contemporary Chinese intellectuals in their prime. The poets Yuting, Feitian, Laoqing, and Huang Qiushui, the journalist Mumu, the university student Mengyuan, and Xinying, Yinling, and Xia Jun form a cultural salon where they discuss all manner of things, write poetry and paint, debate affairs of state, and exchange ideas about culture. Each has their own experiences and stories: Yuting and Mengyuan's love that defies death, Laoqing's unrequited 1Reads8.9Score—Shelves
  6. Shoot Me 向我开枪 Zhang Baorui张宝瑞178k WordsCompleted This is Zhang Baorui’s new espionage thriller, and a sequel to A Embroidered Shoe. Northeast of the Zhoushan Islands lies a small island called Meihua. Spies have gathered there, plotting to sabotage our army’s test of its guided-missile destroyer. Long Fei is assigned to go to Meihua Island and launch a counterespionage operation. But strange events keep unfolding. People on the island are dying mysteriously, and rumors spread that at night, an embroidered shoe with no one wearing it walks arou —Reads8.4Score—Shelves