Wú Jiǎnrén de 《 Èrshínián mùdǔ zhī guài xiànzhuàng 》 xiě de shì Qīngcháo mònián de zhǒngzhǒng guàishì.
Wu Jianren's 'Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades' is about all kinds of strange goings-on at the end of the Qing.
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Mind the reading: 趼 is not yán like 研. It is a rare character for 'callus', usually written 茧, and he also signed himself 茧人. His pen name 我佛山人 means 'I, a man of Foshan'.
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Exposé fiction like his is called 谴责小说, a label coined by 鲁迅. His other novels include 《痛史》, on the fall of the Song, and the love story 《恨海》, 'Sea of Regret'.
