合錦回文傳

The narrative opens with a gifted woman who weaves a remarkable palindromic brocade whose ingenious text mends a broken marriage; the textile later disperses, and centuries on a half survives in a scholar's household. His precocious son deciphers missing verses, attracting attention and complicating marriage prospects as relatives, rivals, and would-be patrons maneuver for advantage. The plot follows shifting alliances, literary contests, and schemes around matching halves of the brocade and suitable spouses, while tracing how literary skill, jealousy, social rank, and crafty ambition shape personal and familial fortunes across generations.