Qiao Lian Zhu is a Chinese novel of the caizi jiaren genre.[1][2] The earliest extant edition of the novel dates to the early 18th century during the Yongzheng era. The novel was written by a writer under the pseudonym Yanxiayishi (煙霞逸士), with some asserting that it was an alias for the writer Liu Zhang (劉璋, born 1667), although this is disputed by others.[3]

Qiao Lian Zhu
Traditional Chinese巧聯珠
Simplified Chinese巧联珠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQiǎo Lián Zhū

The novel narrates the love story between the talented scholar Wen Xiangru and the two beauties Fang Fangyun and Hu Qianyun.

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  1. ^ Wang, Qingping (1998). The Commercial Production of the Early Qing Scholar-beauty Romances. Stanford University. p. 60. and another novel Qiao Lian Zhu 巧聯珠 was called "Xu San Caizi Shu" ...
  2. ^ "The Study of "Female Into Male Disguise" Stories in the Late Ming and Early Qing Periods". "Qiao Lian Zhu"(《巧聯珠》) and others as examples.
  3. ^ "《巧联珠》". 《中国大百科全书》第三版网络版 (in Chinese).