What is the fantasy novel of the late Qing Dynasty?

The understanding of the fantasy novels in the late Qing Dynasty is as follows:

"Social fantasy novels" appeared in the late Qing Dynasty, and they are a kind of idealistic literature as opposed to realist literature, which focuses on showing the readers the shape of human society in the author's imagination, and the publication and dissemination of "social fantasy novels" are closely related to the publishing regulations in the late Qing Dynasty. The publication and dissemination of "social fantasy novels" were closely related to the publishing regulations of the late Qing and early Republican period.

After the despair, there was fantasy. Unable to escape from the real environment of the late Qing Dynasty, the literati began to hope for a modernized peach blossom on the non-existent Chushan Island in a fantasy utopia.

Introduction to Modern Times:

Fantasy novels are not like metaphysical novels which are limited to China only, fantasy novels are also found in foreign countries and are often confused with magical novels, and even Harry Potter is categorized as a fantasy novel. People have traced the history of fantasy novels to the early 19th century and even earlier Greek mythology.

The masterpiece of foreign fantasy novels is the Lord of the Rings trilogy by British author Tolkien. Taiwanese translator Chu Hsueh-heng coined the term "fantasy novel" when he translated The Lord of the Rings into Chinese, and since then the term "fantasy novel" has become popular in the Chinese-speaking world. Zhu Xueheng founded the "Fantasy Culture and Art Foundation" in Taiwan.

There is no strict definition of fantasy novel. In the opening declaration of the Muse Fantasy Museum written by Taiwan's Hsu Ching-Wen, it is stated: "We need imagination, not to abet escaping from reality and drowning in nothingness, but to encourage the conversion of horizons and stretching of the mind, and the unique and mysterious nature of fantasy stories and unlimited space for fantasy are precisely the source of imagination.

This is the first time I've seen a fantasy story."

This passage has been regarded as giving a broad definition of "fantasy fiction", which, in my opinion, is characterized by "oddity", with magical, bizarre, strange and peculiar fantasies running through the novels. This kind of fantasy has nothing to do with science.