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Author: Tang Haoming
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Publishing Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The renowned writer Tang Haoming, with his grand style and profound historical knowledge, created the epic historical novel "Yang Du" (originally titled "An Era's Eccentric Talent"), which is considered a masterpiece of art. It has won the China Book Award, the National Book Award, and the National Excellent Novel Award. Yang Du was a highly controversial figure in modern Chinese history, exceptionally talented and ambitious. He was taught the imperial arts by the renowned scholar Wang Yun and studied constitutional monarchy in Japan, determined to make a mark on the political stage of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. This book uses Yang Du as a thread to connect numerous figures such as Yuan Shikai, Yuan Keding, Cao Kun, Wang Jingwei, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, and Cai E, vividly depicting the tumultuous early 20th-century Chinese struggle for national salvation. Yang Du participated in the memorial petition in the carriage, later supporting Yuan Shikai's declaration of empire, turned to assisting Sun Yat-sen after the collapse of the Hongxian Dynasty, and in his later years, had close ties with the Communist Party. His life embodied almost all the intricate and sharp contradictions of modern Chinese history. With a desire to save the nation but placing his trust in the wrong people, and with vast knowledge yet failing to grasp the pulse of the times, Yang Du's tragedy is also a microcosm of China's difficult rise in modern times.