Story of a Person

Author: Zhang Henshui
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The Story of a Literary Figure tells the story of how the scholar Liang Hanshan and the female poet Zhang Meixian fell in love through poetry and eventually met. Based on the meaning of "All the elites fill the capital, yet this person remains desolate," it depicts the decadent life of the "scholarly class" in Beijing, the so-called "model city" during the Beiyang Government period, who "pamper opera singers, frequent brothels, indulge in wine and meat, and pursue literary and artistic trends." On one side is integrity and purity, while on the other is debauchery and extravagance, creating a stark contrast.