Wildfire and Spring Breeze Battle the Ancient City

Author: Li Yingru
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Publish Date: 2001-03-01
Features: During the War of Resistance Against Japan, comrades sent by the Party to conduct underground work in occupied areas came to accept the Party's commission with a sense of honor and responsibility. Before infiltrating the enemy ranks, they harbored lofty ambitions of "shouldering truth and embracing revolution." Upon arriving in occupied areas, they adopted an open and optimistic attitude of "though under the surveillance of enemy traitors, they were also protected by the masses." In terms of their personal conduct, they possessed a noble spirit of "not being corrupted by wealth or frightened by power." When fighting the enemy, they were filled with heroic courage of "though armed with nothing, their bellies harbored a mighty army." Moreover, for the cause of the Party and the victory of the revolution, they made no calculations about personal gain or loss and were always ready to sacrifice everything. For these loyal comrades who devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the Party, achieved remarkable feats, and left behind moving stories, no matter how good a singer's voice or how rich a writer's pen, they could never sing or write them all out. Wild Fire in Spring: A Struggle in an Ancient City is a novel composed of scattered fragments selected from the lives and struggles of these heroic figures. Compared to actual life, it is like scooping a pail of water from the vast ocean or grasping a handful of soil from the boundless prairie.