White Deer Plain (Mao Dun Literature Prize Winning Series)

Author: Chen Zhongshi
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Publish Date: 1993-06-01
Features: Bai Lü Village on the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi, China, is a historically long-standing, reputable and civilized village known for its benevolence and righteousness. The Bai and Lu two major families have lived and thrived here for generations. With the changes of the times, these two families and the various people around them, for the sake of livelihood, for face, for glorifying their ancestors, for fighting over Feng Shui... the three generations of ancestors were entangled in endless calculations and struggles for wealth, power, profit, and desire. The author, with delicate and profound brushwork, depicts the tragic comedies of the fates of a group of typical protagonists, vividly and richly reflecting a corner of the nation's tragic and mysterious history. Later, Bai Jiaxuan was proud of having married seven wives in his life. When he married his first wife, he was just sixteen years old. She was the first daughter of the prominent family of Gongzengrong in Gongjiacun on the Xiyuan, two years older than him. He spent his wedding night in complete ignorance and confusion, leaving behind an embarrassing and foolish image he could never bring himself to confess to anyone, yet the experience was forever unforgettable. A year later, this woman died of childbirth. His second wife was the adopted daughter of a well-to-do family in Pangjiacun on the Nanyuan, Pang Xiurui. This woman was also two years younger than him, beautiful with bright and lively eyes. She had no idea what getting married was like, while he had already become thoroughly familiar with all the secrets of men and women. Watching her shyness and confusion, he thought of his own foolishness from the previous marriage and.