01633cam a22003373u 4500 23818 UtSlPG 20260610133540.0 m cr n 260607r2007||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Li, Ruzhen 鏡花緣 Jing hua yuan Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2007 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_in_the_Mirror Release date is 2007-12-11 Produced by Wan Jei Chen "鏡花緣" by Ruzhen Li is a fantasy novel completed in 1827 during the Qing dynasty. When Empress Wu Zetian commands all flowers to bloom overnight, flower-spirits obey but face divine punishment—banishment to live as mortals on earth. Tang Ao, father to the incarnation of the Fairy of a Hundred Flowers, embarks on an overseas journey to strange lands including the Country of Women and the Country of Gentlemen. Through fantastical adventures and humorous storytelling, the novel explores revolutionary ideas about gender equality and envisions an ideal society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Fantasy fiction, Chinese https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23818 64850 64850