TY  - BOOK
AU  - Li,Boyuan
TI  - 文明小史
AV  - PL 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(novel); Release date is 2008-05-07; Produced by Sandy Chen; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "文明小史" by Boyuan Li is a novel serialized from 1903 to 1905 and published in 1906. This satirical work examines pseudo-reformers in late Qing dynasty China struggling to adapt as Western modernization forces open the nation's borders. Through interconnected stories without a central protagonist, the novel portrays conservative Chinese people confronting Western civilization's "strong ships and sharp cannons," sparking reform movements and study abroad programs. The sixty-chapter work reveals the complexities and problems of a society caught between tradition and modernity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25379
ER  -