Zeng, Pu,  1872-1935 <br/><br/>
孽海花 
 Nie Hai Hua 

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<br/><br/> Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Flower_in_a_Sinful_Sea  Release date is 2008-04-22 
<br/><br/>Produced by Yi-Ting Kuo  Produced by Yi-Ting Kuo 
<br/><br/> "孽海花" by Zeng Pu is a novel first published in serial installments beginning in 1904. This roman à clef follows Jin Wenqing, a high official whose broken marriage promise leads to tragedy and sets in motion a pattern of Buddhist-style retributions. His concubine Fu Caiyun—mysteriously connected to his past—travels to Europe, gains favor with royal families, and befriends Russian nihilists while Jin fails as a diplomat. The unfinished work portrays China's upper class during the final decades of the nineteenth century, indirectly criticizing the Qing dynasty while promoting democratic values. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Saijinhua, 1874-1936 -- Fiction 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PL