Star grass (Upper, Middle, Lower)

Author: Ling Li
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Publish Date: 1998-11-01
Features: A long historical novel depicting the revolutionary activities of the Taiping Army in the later period of the Taiping Rebellion. It reflects the four years of peasant revolutionary warfare from 1864, when Tianjing fell, to 1868, when the Taiping forces were ultimately defeated. The novel portrays the images of peasant revolutionary heroes such as Lai Wenguang, Zhang Zongyu, and Ren Huobang, exposing the corrupt and reactionary rule of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the collusion between officials like Chenglinqin, Zeng Guofan, and Li Hongzhang with imperialism to brutally suppress peasant uprisings. The book also depicts the fates and experiences of various social classes and strata in the 1860s through the lives of young scholar Li Rushou, famous courtesan Zheng Yuying, and notorious bandit Lu Tenghai, presenting a vivid picture of the customs and social relationships of the time.