Heartstone

Author: Gao Yang
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: In the mid-Qing Dynasty, the impoverished scholar Tao Shu was to marry the daughter of the Sun family, Qiao Yun. However, a local wealthy merchant snatched her away, and the Sun family, valuing wealth over poverty, readily agreed. Tao Shu had no choice but to call off the marriage and marry someone else. Later, Tao Shu passed the imperial examination and rose to prominence in his career, while the wealthy family from that time gradually declined. The daughter of the Sun family also fell into a life of hardship, surviving amidst dim lanterns and yellow scrolls.