Lu Shi'e (; 1878–1944) was a Chinese writer who previously worked as a doctor. His hometown was southwest of

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. He wrote '' fanxin xiaoshuo'' works.Huang, Martin W. (editor). ''Snakes' Legs: Sequels, Continuations, Rewritings, and Chinese Fiction''. p
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In 1910 he wrote ''

Xin Zhongguo ''Xin Zhongguo'' ( "New China") is a 1910 novel written by Lu Shi'e. It is also known as ''Lixian sishi nianhou zhi Zhongguo'' ("China, forty years after the establishment of the constitutional monarchy"). It was inspired by ''Xin Zhongguo weilai ...

'' ("New China"). Wang, David Der-wei. '' Fin-de-siècle Splendor: Repressed Modernities of Late Qing Fiction, 1849-1911''.

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''Xin Zhongguo'' depicted a universal exposition in Shanghai. Xu Leiying of China Radio International stated that he predicted the

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. Roland Altenberger, author of ''The Sword Or the Needle: The Female Knight-errant (xia) in Traditional Chinese Narrative'', wrote that Lu Shi'e was classified as an "obscure" author prior to a 2000 symposium on Lu Shi'e in Shanghai. According to Altenburger,

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's Gest Oriental Library, home to the

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, has the largest collection of works made by Lu Shi'e.Altenburger, Roland. ''The Sword Or the Needle: The Female Knight-errant (xia) in Traditional Chinese Narrative''. Peter Lang, 2009. , 9783034300360. p
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Works

* ''I yao nan chên'' ("Guide to medicine") * ''

'' ("New China") * '' Qing Shi Yanyi'' (清史演義/清史演义 "Embellished History of the Qing" – 1913–1917)

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