What famous book was banned in Hunan, China because of their laws against animals using human language?

Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice in Wonderland" in 1865. Its story is based on a young girl falling through a mirror and entering a magical and sometimes confusing world inhabited by talking animals and otherwise inanimate objects. The book was banned in China's Hunan province in 1931 because of laws that prohibited animals from using human language. General Ho Chein believed children would be confused, thinking animals were equal to humans. This was against the precepts of the religion of the time.

Alice in Wonderland has had several other run-ins with censors in the US as well as other countries. At different times people have believed it depicts sexual content, encouraged disrespect and rebellion against teachers and religious leaders and, more recently, promoted drug use.

Literary scholars have analyzed the book and many believe author Lewis Carroll was satirizing aspects of the political system of his day but the references would not impact a child's understanding of the story.