Liu, E 1857-1909 creator text utu 2007 monographic zh 1 online resource : multiple file formats "老殘遊記" by E Liu is a novel written between 1903 and 1904. Through the travels of Lao Can, a wandering physician, the story exposes the decay of late Qing China—from the rise of the Boxers to the crumbling Yellow River control system. Disguising his own views through his hero, Liu crafts a social satire that reveals bureaucratic incompetence and hypocrisy. Blending lyrical landscape descriptions with detective plots and philosophical discussions, the novel presents an allegorical vision of China's problems and potential solutions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Lao_Can Release date is 2007-12-13 Produced by Po-Chun Wang Original publication data not identified Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912 Tai Mountains (China) -- Fiction PL Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23850 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23850 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133540.0 23850