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Readers who enjoy sworn brotherhood, warm family scenes, ghost stories with a moral, brave women and clever campaigns against pirates will find all of them here.
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Imagine a girl of thirteen, tricked into a sedan chair by her own great-uncle and sold for thirty taels of silver. Imagine another, drugged on a river boat, passed from hand to hand, and finally buried in a public graveyard. These are the first blows of Snow, Moon, and Plum Blossom, a Chinese novel in fifty chapters by Chen Lang, who dated his preface 1775.
The story is set in the 1550s, when Japanese raiders and Chinese sea bandits burned the coast. Chen Lang wrote to encourage kindness and warn against cruelty, and he lets dreams, ghosts and immortals carry the lesson. You get a family saga, an adventure of friendship and a war story in one, following Cen Xiu, his cousin Little Plum and a girl called Snow.
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- 1A scholar flees with his motherFree
- 2An immortal wife leaves a daughter behind
- 3A greedy uncle sells the orphan girl
- 4A refuge among friends in Shandong
- 5A girl is stolen on the river
- 6Snow falls into the dark
- 7Sworn brothers and an opened grave
- 8Loyalty matters more than rank
- 9Good and bad deeds come back
- 10A storyteller's voice and loose threads
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A scholar flees with his mother
The novel opens with Cen Xiu, a young scholar of seventeen from Nanjing. He loves the sword and the bow as much as his books. He tells himself that a real man must be both a writer and a fighter. His father is dead, so he lives with his mother and an old servant couple.
Trouble comes from his grandfather's past. The old man once caught a magistrate named Hou Zijie taking bribes, and Hou kept his grudge for years. Now Hou returns as inspector of the whole region and spreads a story of an unpaid debt. Cen Xiu's teacher sends a secret warning and advises him to travel until the inspector's term ends.
Cen Xiu proposes going to his mother's brother in Shandong, and he calms his mother's fears. The old servant agrees that running is wiser than fighting an official. They file the leave request, hire a boat and go.
Wise retreat from a powerful enemy protects the people you love.
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- LengthAbout 214,000 words
- Reading timeAbout 15 h
Questions about Neve, luna e fiore di susino
What is Snow, Moon, and Plum Blossom about?
It follows the scholar Cen Xiu and the girls Snow and Little Plum, who are driven apart by greed and an enemy official. Years later, loyal friends bring them together, while Cen Xiu and his sworn companions fight pirates on the Ming coast.
Who are Snow, Moon, and Plum in the title?
They are three young women. Snow is Xu Xuejie, Moon is Wang Yue'e, and Plum is He Xiaomei, called Little Plum. Each endures a different trial, and their lives become tied to one another and to Cen Xiu.
Is it a true story, and when was it written?
The characters are invented, but the setting is real. The raids by Japanese and Chinese sea bandits belong to the 1550s under the Jiajing emperor. The author, Chen Lang, dated his preface 1775 under the Qing dynasty.
Is Snow, Moon, and Plum Blossom easy to follow?
The plot moves in clear scenes, and most chapters end with a pause that points to the next. The narrator keeps the people and places clear, with lively talk, short poems and plenty of action.
What is the main message of the book?
Loyalty, kindness and courage are repaid, while greed and cruelty bring their own punishment. The author says he wrote to encourage good deeds, and he shows that friends who keep faith can overcome both private harm and war.
Cite this edition
Chen, Lang. Snow, Moon, and Plum Blossom. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/snow-moon-and-plum-blossom.
Chen, L. (2026). Snow, moon, and plum blossom. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/snow-moon-and-plum-blossom
Chen, Lang. Snow, Moon, and Plum Blossom. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/snow-moon-and-plum-blossom.
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