The Big Cheat (Da Ma Bian).

• Superior document: Ideas, History, and Modern China
• Author: S.K. Kwong, Luke.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2023.; ©2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Ideas, History, and Modern China
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (216 pages)

This novel is a scathing portrayal of the reformer Kang Youwei by the revolutionary Huang Shizhong at a critical juncture in Beijing imperial rule and overseas Chinese politics.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Translator's Preface -- Notes on the Translation -- Translator's Introduction -- 1 The Protagonist -- 2 The Author -- 3 The Novel -- Preface by Suogong [Lu Xin], Master of My Humble Abode -- 1 Scoundrel Kang Makes a Fool of Himself at the Academy -- Savant Miao Composes His New Work at His Bei -- 2 Crossing Paths with a Scoundrel Costs Miao Jiping His Manuscript -- Failure to Become Academy -- 3 The Phony Sage Obsessed with Fame Receives His Provincial Degree -- Failed Exam Candidates Propose -- 4 Censor Yu Adamantly Rejects Any Contact with the Unbridled Scholar -- The Shrewd Mama-Maid Boards -- 5 Pedant Kang Rhapsodizes about His Flight from Debt in Dreadful Poem -- Censor An Bases His Impeachme -- 6 In Pursuit of Scholarship, Zhu Yixin Calls Attention to Historical Origins -- His Life Abruptly Cut -- 7 His Commitment Shifts When He Writes a Letter to the Revolutionaries -- Pretense to Transmit Doctrin -- 8 Talk of Sagely Doctrines Is Distracted by Festive Moods and Sights -- For Money, Homecoming Enables -- 9 Feud over Bureau Seal Ends in Provincial Degree-Holder Kang's Beating -- Sly Plot to Fool Master Wen -- 10 Weng Tonghe Is Tricked into Proposing Nominations of Talented Men -- The Qing Empress-Dowager Is -- 11 Acting on Slander, the Emperor Dismisses All Board of Ceremony Ministers -- The Sorcerer Conjures -- 12 Kang Changsu Holds a Grudge in Plotting against the Empress-Dowager -- Tan Sitong Is Tricked by -- 13 An Impromptu Letter Is Written to Feign Commitment to Revolution -- A Heartless Lie Is Told about -- 14 He Flees from Danger Alone after Getting Others in Trouble -- An Honorable Man Goes to Beijing-Tian -- 15 His Actions Fuel Factional Strife and Implicate Others in a Capital Crime -- Dinner Invitation -- 16 Harassing Maid-Servers at Minister's Residence Is a Breach of Etiquette -- Failure to Show Proof.

Appendix: Huang Shizhong's Death -- Works Cited -- Glossary.