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"Gui Lian Meng" is a vernacular long historical novel of gods and monsters edited by Master Su'an in the Qing Dynasty and corrected by layman Bai Xiang. It is based on the armed uprising of farmers of the White Lotus Sect as the background. It was written in the early Qing Dynasty. Readers who like this kind of subject matter may wish to read this book. The work is attributed to the late Ming Dynasty and actually describes the events of the Qing Dynasty. The novel is based on the massive armed uprising of the White Lotus sect that spread across the country. It focuses on the story of the female master Bai Lian'an who came down from the mountain, learned magical powers, helped the hungry, founded the White Lotus sect, occupied Liulinzhai and rebelled, spread across several provinces, and finally failed. The work reflects a fragment of the armed struggle of the White Lotus sect farmers that lasted through the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. The author tries to explore some of the reasons for the failure of the White Lotus Teaching Army with sympathy and lamentation. The plot of the work is rich and the scene descriptions are extremely vivid. It has far-reaching influence and is well received. It is a classic work worth reading. The stories in the book are vivid and the language is concise and popular. The structural arrangement, character creation, and expression of thoughts and plots are all unique and unique. They are highly readable and suitable for recreational reading. The structure of the book is rigorous and dense; the events and characters written are as if they were there and the images are vivid. The writing is simple and interesting, with endless aftertaste, making it hard to put down after reading it.

"Gui Lian Meng" has twelve chapters in total, and is titled "Edited by Master Su'an" and "Correction by Baixiangshan layman". The author's true identity and name are no longer known. It was produced around the late Ming Dynasty. The novel is about Bai Shuangshan and his wife, a villager in Tai'an Prefecture, Shandong Province in the Ming Dynasty. Due to drought and no harvest, they both starved to death, leaving behind a twelve-year-old daughter. One day, a monk passed through Tai'an Prefecture and saw Bai Shuangshan's daughter alone and helpless. He felt compassion for her and took her to Mount Tai to be adopted by a monk named Master Zhenru. Master Zhenru named her Lian'an. Lian'an has been practicing Buddhism under the guidance of Master Zhenru ever since. Six years later, when Lian'an was eighteen years old, she bid farewell to Master Zhenru, went down the mountain to visit Taoism, and founded her own school. On the way, she met a white ape great immortal who gave her a heavenly book called "White Lotus Sutra". Lian An felt like he had found a treasure, and he worked hard to figure it out, and thus learned magical powers. Later, the government forced the people to rebel...