(Paperback)

This late Qing novel reflects Chinese life and society of its time. Portraying a phony reformer who rode the tide of the Qing courts post-Boxer reforms to career success and personal wealth, the satire captures the clash between tradition and modernity, the old and new, as educated Chinese stood at a cultural and political crossroads.

(Hardback)

This late Qing novel reflects Chinese life and society of its time. Portraying a phony reformer who rode the tide of the Qing courts post-Boxer reforms to career success and personal wealth, the satire captures the clash between tradition and modernity, the old and new, as educated Chinese stood at a cultural and political crossroads.