The Complete Biography of Du Yuesheng (Volumes 1 and 2)

Author: Bai Xi
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: The Complete Biography of Du Yuesheng is a comprehensive, systematic, and objective account of Du Yuesheng's life. Du Yuesheng lost both his parents in childhood and became a beggar. To rise above his humble origins, he joined the Qingbang under the leader Huang Jinrong; curry favor with Huang Jinrong's wife, Gui Shengjie; suppress workers' armed forces and kill communists to gain favor with reactionary forces; climb up to "the Son of Heaven" Jiang Jieshi; rely on the head of the military intelligence chief Dai Li in the middle; and use Qingbang, the "Heng She" and other gangster organizations to ascend the throne of the "godfather" who was once renowned in the Republic of China era. This book not only comprehensively and systematically reflects the process of Du Yuesheng's rise to prominence in the "Ten-Mile Foreign Field" through knives, guns, opium, gambling tools, official seals, women, and money, leveraging both the black and white worlds; but also objectively records his achievements as a "local leader of the Anti-Japanese War"; describes his four stages of attachment, hope, disappointment, and alienation towards Jiang Jieshi; and portrays his downfall from the throne of the "godfather" and his fading state of power as he disappeared in Hong Kong.