01626cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000270011324500170014024600220015726400510017930000470023033600260027733700260030333800360032950000870036550000310045250800270048352006380051053400450114865300470119385600430124099900170128325379UtSlPG20260610133600.0mcr n260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7azh2iso639-1 4aPL1 aLi, Boyuan,d1867-190610a文明小史1 aWen ming xiao shi 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2008  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(novel)  aRelease date is 2008-05-07  aProduced by Sandy Chen  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aChinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-191240uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25379  c66380d66380