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The Immortal Carp's Strange Romance 仙鲤奇缘
A scholar's heart, a gentleman's spirit, a hero's valor, a knight's path. A man as gentle as water, a girl as bright and fierce as fire. The finest writing of Penglai, the stalwart style of Jian'an: a meeting across a thousand years feels as brief as a single day. (づ￣3￣)づ~ Dear friends, this book is the original Adventures on the Back of a Fish, published under the title The Immortal Carp's Romance. You can buy it online. Thank you all for supporting the official edition and purchasing chapters
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A Clear Elegy on Phoenix Terrace (Miss Grand Justice) 凤凰台上有清辞(Miss Grand Justice)
This novel is also known as "Red-Hot Beauty, Shen Qingtian". English title: "Miss Grand Justice". Courtroom drama + mystery-solving + romance + farming + war + palace intrigue A college student transmigrates to the Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties period, where she serves as a judge and solves strange cases. Carrying on the fine tradition of over-the-top wish fulfillment, I champion the values of a harmonious society and keep my hands off bourgeois affairs. Ancient and modern, Chinese and for
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The Beauty's Bones: Yue Luo 美人骨之越罗
The Ice-and-Snow Bone: Yue Luo The Rouge Bone: Xia Miao The Prajna Bone: Lian Di The Defying-Heaven Bone: Ao Chu The Love-Sowing Bone: Chun Cheng The Qilin Bone: Qian Qiu The Wish-Granted Bone: Gui Die The Yue Luo Volume: Yue Luo is a little girl born into a silk shop. She's clever and mischievous, yet innocent and kindhearted. This volume follows her growth, set against the backdrop of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Fantasy and history come together to tell a legend. The poem says: When it bloo
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The Secret Records of Qingming 清明秘录
A collection of short strange tales set beneath Qingming Mountain. Most of them have appeared in Strange Tales, published at the end of each month. They're archived here.
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Immortal Music Beyond the Wall 丈外仙音
A divine kitty comes down to earth for an adventure. A blind girl's inspiring tale of revenge. A mute boy's arduous journey to adulthood. I wrote "Immortal Music Beyond the Wall" around August 2010. It was published in the March 2011 issue of Fly · Fantasy World, then included in The Best Chinese Fantasy Stories of 2011. Theme:
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Gitanjali 吉檀迦利(Gitanjali)
This is Tagore’s Gitanjali. Some of it was translated by me in early 2009. My skills were quite different then, and I haven’t had a chance to check and revise every part. The rest I returned to two years later, translating the sections I hadn’t finished before. Comments and criticism are welcome. If you’re writing a paper on translation, feel free to use this, but please credit the translator and include the URL. Please don’t repost it elsewhere without my permission. Theme:
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The Protagonist Pays to Rewrite Her Fate 主角她氪书改命
Also known as The Bright Moon Shines Upon the Mortal World. The Divine Realm collapsed, and a young cultivator carrying a Lamp-Passing System traveled back to Earth in the year 2000! In the blink of an eye, she became Liang Shutian, a middle school student in a small county town. Her family was poor, her grades were at the bottom of her class, and she was relentlessly bullied at school. Once she graduated, she would be married off in exchange for a bride price. One slap in the classroom, and her
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Rich Guy, Let's Be Friends 土豪我们做朋友吧
He Qiliao is a sunny, energetic young man who was born to farm and dreams of devoting his life to agriculture. By a twist of fate, he transmigrates to an ancient rural village and meets the most hilariously nouveau riche man around: Emperor Sikong Ji, traveling incognito. What hilarious things will happen as He Qiliao tries to latch onto the rich guy and develop ancient agriculture? A golden love story fragrant with the scent of soil! A one-of-a-kind agricultural primer in the danmei genre! The
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Vegetable Dyes 植物染料（Vegetable Dyes）
A book by the English author Ethel M. Mairet about plant dyes and dyeing recipes. Both tech enthusiasts and casual readers will find it filled with exotic elegance. Perhaps it's a love story between plants and textiles. Gutenberg link: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24076 Contents Chapter Page I. Wool, Silk, Flax, and Cotton II. Mordants III. British Dye Plants IV. Lichen Dyes V. Blue VI. Red VII. Yellow VIII. Brown and Black IX. Green X. Dyeing Cotton □□. Dyeing Silk Glossary References Index
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Piano Lessons 钢琴课
Piano lessons, private tutoring, teacher and student. Theme:
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Shen Nuanyan's Diary (Diary of a Urchin in Ancient China) 沈暖烟日记(Diary of a Urchin in Ancient China)
This story is titled The Collection of Shuiming; the title outside is just a signboard. A hilarious childhood tale about a big sister and a delicate younger girl. Shen Nuanyan, courtesy name Mingfei, age fifteen. Born in the second month of the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, on the day Renzi of the month Yimao (February 22, 1015). Birthday declaration: Who could be more of an idiot than me! Shen Hanyu, courtesy name Ruoshui, age sixteen. Born in the third month of the seventh year of Dazhong X
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Pavilion of the Zither 抱琴楼
The Great Song Underworld, one of the Yiyun Xuan series At the entrance to Qingshui Alley in the outer city of Dongjing stood a tavern called Embracing the Zither. Its owner was a young man surnamed Murong. Perhaps all the neighbors thought it was an ordinary little tavern. Only a few had glimpsed what went on behind the scenes. Be careful with his wine. Notes: 1. Adjusting the historical setting. Jingde Year One (1004) was early in the Northern Song. Commoners mostly wore white, though an ed
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Fox's Sin 狐孽
When Young Master An was twelve, he rescued a wild fox on Mount Yuyang. Five years later, the fox came to him and said it liked him. At the time, Young Master An was reading beneath the window. The desk was worn, and a bee circled the purple azalea in his teacup, buzzing. Pale clouds hung in the distance. Beneath the eaves, green threads drifted like mist. The little fox stood on the windowsill with its front paws raised, its round, black eyes fixed on him. Young Master An sighed, set his book a
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The Trojan Craftsman: Legend of the Phoenix 木马择匠之凤凰传奇
This story is adapted from a long-standing legend passed down in Daji Township, Jingning She Autonomous County. The phoenix descends to the mortal world on the Queen Mother's orders to help the virtuous Mei family prosper, and falls in love with Chen Yuchun, a disciple of Lu Ban who is building the Mei family ancestral hall. It's written in the style of a folk tale, with lots of folk songs, so the style will be quite different from my other stories... Theme:
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A Collection of Sci-Fi Shorts 科幻短篇集
This is where I'll post sci-fi short stories, including hard sci-fi, soft sci-fi, real sci-fi, fake sci-fi… At last, I've freed my long-sealed pincers from human skin… Theme:
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A Passage to Paris 浮世吹云录(A Passage to Paris)
A new road through Wu and Chu, old wanderers scattered across the rivers and lakes. In the early years of the Republic, the Yunmeng Wu clan had long since faded away, its glory scattered to the winds. Who knew that a master of twists and turns would stir up the mortal world beyond the gates once more? Thousands of miles away, the city of Paris is preparing to host the World Wizards' Conference; amid the smoke of war, heroes from every corner are gathering in China. A descendant of the Chu Wu, a
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Pip's Diary (Samuel Pepys' Diary) 皮普斯日记(Samuel Pepys' Diary)
In Cambridge: A History and a Culture, Peter Sager of Germany writes: “I prefer Samuel Pepys, a contemporary of Dryden’s, and not because he admired Cambridge University more. Samuel visited Cambridge University many times, and in the end donated his private library, a treasure trove of lost paintings, to his alma mater, Magdalene College. Unlike Dryden, Pepys’s work still fascinates us today just as it did its original readers. He was the son of a tradesman who rose to the highest ranks of the
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The Deception Chronicles 捉骗记
Qi Yuntian, the eldest son of the Qi family in Qingliang Town, loves nothing more than standing up for justice and exposing con artists' tricks. When he was ten, he saw through a brother and sister who were conning people. The girl said she would get even with him one day. What will happen ten years later? Theme:
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The Moon Is Green 月亮是绿色的
The Moon Is Green By Fritz Leiber / Translated by Gu Xizhi Translator's Note: Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr. (1910-1992) was a German-American, a renowned writer, poet, actor, playwright, professional chess player, and fencing champion. He excelled at fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and is considered one of the founders of the "sword and sorcery" subgenre of fantasy literature, alongside writers such as Robert E. Howard and Michael Moorcock. "The Moon Is Green" was first published in the 1954 is
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Lost Tales of the Red Chamber 红楼佚事
Purpose: To infer the missing sections of the original Dream of the Red Chamber, answer questions and clear up confusion, investigate in depth, and offer fresh insights. Sources: The 1998 first edition of Dream of the Red Chamber and the Zhipi edition of The Story of the Stone. As one saying in Redology goes, the Zhipi edition is a primary source for studying Dream of the Red Chamber. Theme:
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On the System of Inheritance by the Youngest Son 论幼子继承制度
In the feudal history of our country, inheritance by the youngest son was relatively rare compared with inheritance by the eldest son. Yet it was quite common among the nomadic peoples of the ancient north, a custom linked to their way of life and habits of thought. Traces of it can still be found among some ethnic groups in the southwest of our country. Theme:
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Hero Ling (Swordsman Ling) 凌大侠（Swordsman Ling）
The story of an ordinary housewife training to become a great hero. Premise:
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Princess of a Turbulent Era 乱世公主记
In the first year of the Sisheng era, in Chang'an, in the tenth month, the autumn wind blew bleakly beneath a dark moon and bright stars. The crowds who had gathered outside the Duting Post earlier that day had long since dispersed. In the darkness of a narrow alley, a few clacks of the night watchman's wooden clapper rang out. Now and then, a children's rhyme drifted faintly through the night, accompanied by barking dogs: “One fire, two fires, a child in red sits upon the throne.” No one noti
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Past Events of Greenwood Town 青林镇往事（Past Events of Greenwood Town）
A story about a rabbit who, on a snowy day, sees a young Buddhist nun. Intended message:
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Mandala (Mandala) 曼陀罗(Mandala)
A bar, a gang of robbers, a tale of demons, a mystery finally solved, and an unfinished love. Theme:
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The Golden Hairpin in the Water and Moonlight 水月金钗
Fingers interlaced\in a gesture of tension\prayers drifting across the vast, empty wilderness\a poem born of the unknown Underground waterways converge at the roots of trees\the light of the heavens gathers in the stars\a lone wild goose carries clouds that have lost their memories\and gazes down upon the dreams of humankind A bolt of lightning that cleaves open primordial chaos\the torture of a raging storm\whose blood, from a fragile life,\offers up a sacrifice to a world that has forgotten
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Planet of the Dead 死者的星球
The Planet of the Dead By Joseph Samachson, translated by Gu Xizhi About the Author: Joseph Samachson (1906–1980) was an American scientist and writer who mainly created science fiction and comic books. He wrote a great many science fiction stories under the pen name William Morrison, including Mel Oliver and the Space Rover on Mars, Professor of Murder, and Money from Heaven. This story was published in the February 1955 issue of Galaxy Science Fiction. [What might happen when a man arrives i
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The Rose Chronicles (The Florescence of Rose) 蔷薇纪(The Florescence of Rose)
Where has spring gone? There's no path through this lonely place. If anyone knows where spring has gone, call it back so we can live together. Who knows where spring has vanished? We can only ask the orioles. They sing a hundred tunes, but no one understands them. Following the breeze, they fly past the roses. Qing Ping Yue, by Huang Tingjian of the Song dynasty Theme:
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The Heavenly Fire Calamity 天火劫
Earth, fire, wind, and water: all four elements are empty. Where can I be found? Theme:
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Flowers for the Dead 花奠
Darling, darling, I love you. I'm watching over you from heaven. I'll stay by your side, through thick and thin, and love you forever! Premise:
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Qixi 七夕
Set within the Jiuzhou framework. The first, third, and fourth stories are side stories. Theme:
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Sleeping Beauty 睡美人
Prince: (stepping forward with a flower between his teeth) Yes! Look! Don't my eyebrows look like a plum blossom in full bloom? Don't my eyes look like those of the handsome Wu Zongxian? Doesn't my mouth look like the dashing Dong Cunrui? And look at my teeth: don't they look like Andy Lau's in his prime? I'm two hundred percent an idol!!! Theme:
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The Monster of the Lotus Lake 芙蓉湖水怪（Monster of the Lotus Lake）
A paranormal detective story set during Zhou Siwei's gloriously degenerate college years. This story was published in Moon: A Year of Spring. A piece from my high school days is titled A Duo, and can be found in my Sci-Fi Short Story Collection. This work is entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. Premise:
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Spring's Brew 春酝
She unscrewed the silver flask and drank the last drop. This wine was the very essence of spring, flowing through her heart until it seemed that peach blossoms were blooming everywhere, warm as spring. Theme:
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The Homemade Pseudo-Bible 国产伪圣经
Through thousands upon thousands of years, as mulberry fields become seas, I wait for you to return, History has been arranged to stage an accident; don't doubt it. The story unfolds beyond the borders, lost in a fog that will not lift, its era impossible to discern. Can you see that the truth does not exist? I am the one rewriting it. Adapted from Jay Chou's "Faraway" Theme:
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Water in the Clear Sky 清空之水
This liquid is a heartbreaking kind of purity. Like the pool deep in that boy's eyes, clear and trembling, holding an ocean that will never turn into tears. Theme:
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The Three-Life Butterfly 三生蝶
He had hated butterflies ever since he was little. He had no idea where this inexplicable hatred and fear came from. But whenever he saw one of these beautiful, fragile creatures, he couldn’t help wanting to crush it between his fingers. Theme:
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The River God (The River) 河伯（The River）
This is still part of the Purple Heron and Red Fox series, a story of Tang Fei and Murong Feng’s adventures in the martial world. Young Murong Feng has just set foot in the martial world and is learning medicine from Master Peacock. While visiting a prison to treat the inmates, she discovers a poisoned prisoner: Liu An, an honest official framed by corrupt officials who embezzled relief grain meant for victims of the Yellow River floods. Liu An’s friend Tian Ruyu comes to break him out, only to
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Spring Returns with Fan Su 春与樊素一时归
A half-withered tree stands in the breeze, while a devoted man sits astride his horse. A willow planted in the Kaiyuan era, in the spring of the second year of Changqing. Theme:
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The Thing Called a Bed 床这个东西
The poet is drunk, using a light boat on the river as his bed, resting his head beneath a river full of moonlight and listening to the burbling water. The swordsman is drunk, leaning against the Qionghua Tower, bathed in starlight and moonlight, with a blue-maned steed tied to a willow by the roadside. The wandering beggar sleeps beneath the sky, with the earth for a home and half a brick for a pillow. The immortal maiden beyond the mortal world dwells deep among lotus blossoms, breathing in the
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Spring Clouds 春云
Wang Yuyan pulled two garments out by their corners. “Take a look: sky-blue gauze and brocade woven with kingfisher feathers and gold thread. What a style!” I flipped open the lid of the trunk, blew away the dust, and read aloud, “For the exclusive use of Nie Chunyun, Tianxi Theater Troupe.” “It was Nie Chunyun!” He stood up and paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, his eyes gleaming. “Do you remember the haunting on rainy days behind the theater?” Premise:
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Where the Autumn Wind Meets the Jade Dew 何处金风逢玉露
When Chu Yunduan and Murong Yaoge's daughter, Murong Feng, was nine, she fell into the hands of human traffickers and unexpectedly entered the world of martial arts. She met her master, Fei Lu, a miracle-working physician known throughout the martial world as Mr. Peacock, who would become her husband ten years later. Together, she and Peacock set out to take down the traffickers and uncover the mystery of his origins. Once everything had settled, Chu Yunduan and his wife found Murong Feng. But t
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Fear 恐惧
The story of a good-for-nothing on a fictional grassland. His father was no father, his mother was no mother, and his home was no home. Even love, hate, and all the tangled emotions in between were impossible to sort out. Only the children’s pure affection for one another was real, yet even that was destroyed in the smoke of war. I’ve always wanted to know: which is stronger, fear or love? Theme:
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Pond Expedition 池征
The aloof, handsome heartthrob of Anlin School and the style-shifting campus beauty of Meiyang School There are misunderstandings and barriers between them, but also love Theme: Love
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Clear Mirror 明镜
Ming Jing has a magical mirror. Its back is decorated with beautiful beast patterns, depicting what looks like an auspicious creature from the East. A luminous pearl forms the mirror’s knob, with tassels in the color of red coral. Theme:
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The Mystery of the Flower Tomb 花冢疑云(Mystry of the Grave of Flowers)
The Flower Mound supernatural detective series
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The Gathering of the Five Masters in Tokyo (The Meeting of Dongjing) 五绝会东京(The Meeting of Dongjing)
Cloud-Piercing Hand, Qin, Xiao Ya Dragon-Slaying Hand, Chess, Xia Tianyuan Moon-Reeling Hand, Painting, Liu Jingyan Startling-Hong Hand, Calligraphy, Liu Weiyan Fragrant Hand, Flowers, Yang Xingmeng The Gathering in the Eastern Capital A sequel to Embracing the Zither Pavilion. After the five children raised by Murong Hua each went their separate ways, they reunite in the Eastern Capital. The story's structure is modeled on Wen Ruian's The Four Great Constables Gather in the Capital. I hope to
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The Fortress of Dreams 梦之堡垒
I made myself a cup of hot milk tea, then stretched out comfortably and played with my pen. The only way to make Flo shut up is to kill her off in my story. But before I do that, I can't give her the slightest hint, in case she catches on. Flo keeps such a tight grip on her character settings that I can't change a thing. But so far, Id is just Flo's sidekick, a vague shadow with a mysterious temperament. His character settings are my trump card in this battle. One hour ago... Premise:
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Life Is Fleeting as a Mayfly, Love Vast as the Sea 生若蜉蝣,爱似沧海
A mushroom that lives for a day cannot know the passage from night to dawn; a cicada cannot know the passage from spring to autumn. A lover whose life lasts only a day cannot dream of hundreds of years spent hand in hand, sharing tenderness. When she looks back again, she has scattered into flecks of firefly light, melding with the stars. Theme:
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The Water in a Woman's Body 女人身体里的水
Whether they are daughters, □, or mothers, the water in their bodies turns to blood, tears, and sweat, forever flowing for the people they love. Theme:
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