A Journey to the West

Author: Qing Liu E
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: ▼Complete Content ▼Sandalwood Aroma ▼Compact and Portable ▼Original Illustrations ▼Easy to Carry
In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, Chinese society faced a period of transformation, with turbulent and fluctuating times. The Novel Revolution, initiated by Liang Qichao, gained momentum, making fiction one of the most outstanding fields in late Qing intellectual enlightenment and literary reform.
As a powerful tool to criticize contemporary issues and enlighten the public, the new novels, with their sharp edge of intervening in reality and dynamic vigor, shook the literary world. They gave rise to four major classics, known as the "Four Criticizing Novels," which Lu Xun referred to as the "Four Scolding Novels": The Real Story of the Court and Flowers in the Sea. These works formed a strong literary trend of realism criticism in modern times.
The Travels of Lao Can is one of the Four Criticizing Novels, with relatively complex ideas and the most outstanding artistic achievement. The novel begins with the line: "The chess game is already, and we are growing old. How can we not cry?" Liu E wrote this book after repeated setbacks and suffering, pouring out his heart in tears...