The Floating World: Liu Linsu

The ups and downs of Bianliang merchants, fierce battles between tax collectors, the game between officials and businessmen, the powerful taking sides, the struggle for water transportation between the north and the south, capital migrating southward in troubled times, and the backlash of the corruption of officials in the court Portraits of wives and concubines in a deep house, lonely lust, true and false love, female rivalry for power, boudoir secrets, human greed and delusion (realistic romance, not vulgar, emphasizing human relationships and fate).