Written by
李绿园 (Lǐ Lǜyuán, 1707–1790) in Henan dialect, 《
歧路灯》 follows a young man who falls into vice and slowly redeems himself. It is sometimes ranked alongside 《
红楼梦》 and 《
儒林外史》 as a major Qing novel, but stayed obscure until 20th-century scholars rediscovered it.
