TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wu,Jianren
TI  - 瞎騙奇聞
AV  - PL 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Chinese fiction -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
N1  - Release date is 2009-01-11; Produced by Fang-Hsuan Hsu; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "瞎騙奇聞" by Jianren Wu is a fictional novel written in the late 19th century. The book delves into themes of superstition and the obsession with fortune-telling, examining the lives of characters who rely on the guidance of soothsayers. The story focuses on Zhao Zechang, a wealthy landowner, who desperately longs for a child and becomes entangled in the often ridiculous and destructive world of fortune-telling.  The opening of the novel introduces Zhao Zechang, a prosperous landowner in Shandong Province, who has been unable to father a child despite having been married for over thirty years. Desperate for offspring, he becomes increasingly invested in fortune-telling, seeking out a renowned soothsayer named Zhou to learn about his future. Zhou predicts that Zhao will have a son soon, prompting Zhao and his wife, Qiannai, to embrace this prophecy. In a comical twist, they concoct a scheme to bring in an adopted child to satisfy Zhao's yearning for a son, leading to further complications and engaging interactions that lay the groundwork for the novel’s exploration of human folly and superstition. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27768
ER  -