Four Seasons Wilderness

Author: Cao Gecheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This is a story set in the early 1920s on the Kanto Plain. Outside the central town of Jingye, there stands a towering and lush tree known as the "Divine Tree." It became a symbol of the local tycoon Feng family. However, over the past year, it had been shedding enormous branches one after another. The young master of the Feng family, Feng Tianxiong, was to marry Miss Chang Yu, and the wedding unexpectedly involved both the nun master from the nunnery and the bearded dragon king. The wedding night turned into a stormy night, and the Divine Tree collapsed, causing the dragon king to retire and hide his treasure in the secret chamber of the Jin family's mansion. When he learned that Feng Tianxiong was his son, he wanted to help the declining Feng family. However, the master of the Jin family, Jin Yuanrong, had secretly diverted funds to mines after marrying the daughter of a capitalist, creating a sharp conflict with his adoptive father, the dragon king. Danger lurked both inside and outside the mansion. The four seasons of the wild Kanto region brought not only vivid natural changes but also intense shifts in people's lives and thoughts. The feudal traditional large families were fragmenting and disintegrating, while the emerging new families struggled with old notions, striving for hope. The novel features a vivid and intricate plot, offering a profound revelation of the nature of human beings—social, diverse, complex, and contradictory. The language art is distinctive, with a unique style and a strong sense of life.