The author of " Flowers in the Mirror " was in the Qing Dynasty, around the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century. This novel was a famous literary work known as the pinnacle of ancient Chinese novels. It told the story of the female poet Li Qingzhao and the poet Xin Qiji who was married to her in the late Northern Song Dynasty. Flowers in the Mirror took about 100 years to complete.