Liu, E 1857-1909 creator text utu 2008 monographic zh 1 online resource : multiple file formats "老殘遊記" by E Liu is a novel written between 1903 and 1904 and published in 1907. Through the travels of Lao Can, a wandering physician, the story satirizes late Qing China's crumbling bureaucracy and social decay. As the hero journeys across the countryside, he confronts injustices, investigates crimes, and engages in philosophical debates about China's future. Blending poetic landscape descriptions with detective subplots, the novel uses allegory to explore whether technological advancement or social transformation can save a nation in crisis. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Travels_of_Lao_Can Release date is 2008-04-22 Produced by Yan Jyun Jhu 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/25124 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25124 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133556.0 25124