The Magic Lamp: Aladdin

Book Title: The Magic Lamp: The Life of Aladdin Style: fictional history of late Tang and Northern Song Dynasty, oriental fantasy, hard science fiction Core setting: no magic, all miracles = heavenly physics Protagonist's real name: Dingo Western pseudonym: Aladdin (metaphor: Allah = "I" in Ningbo dialect = Tiangongtongshen) Father: Ding Yuan (third senior brother of Tiangongxuzong, Mingzhou maritime merchant) Mother: Shen Qingci (the legitimate daughter of the Shen family in Ningbo, the descendant of Ningbo embroidery/Suzhou embroidery, and the owner of a tailor shop) Magic Lamp: Qiankun Naxu Lamp (Space Resonator) Secret Realm: Kunlun Xu (Silicon Subspace) Villain: Hakim (the traitorous junior brother) Fellow disciples: Xiaoyaozi, Ibn Sina