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Author: Guo Hui
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, sixteen-year-old Bian De-ren bought the beautiful but considered ill-fated "destiny-destroying" Hou Cui-cui for a silver dollar and adopted her as his sister. He led Hou Cui-cui westward and settled in a large town in the northwest. Through the hardships and trials of life, the two relied on each other and developed sincere feelings, eventually becoming husband and wife. This couple bore five sons, who, after growing up, married and had children, continuing the lineage generation after generation. A large family was born. On the stage of family life, each person performs different life stories. This is a life scroll of an ordinary family spanning nearly a century. The novel uses family life as a starting point to express admiration for life and a deep appreciation for living. The relationship between the changes of the times and the state of individual life, reflections on various life states and lifestyles, the confusion and uncertainty faced by the inevitability and accidents of life, as well as the profound emotions toward the endless cycle of life and death—these themes provoke readers into endless contemplation and great aesthetic pleasure.
In the thirteenth year of the Republic of China, sixteen-year-old Bian De-ren bought the beautiful but considered ill-fated "destiny-destroying" Hou Cui-cui for a silver dollar and adopted her as his sister. He led Hou Cui-cui westward and settled in a large town in the northwest. Through the hardships and trials of life, the two relied on each other and developed sincere feelings, eventually becoming husband and wife. This couple bore five sons, who, after growing up, married and had children, continuing the lineage generation after generation. A large family was born. On the stage of family life, each person performs different life stories. This is a life scroll of an ordinary family spanning nearly a century. The novel uses family life as a starting point to express admiration for life and a deep appreciation for living. The relationship between the changes of the times and the state of individual life, reflections on various life states and lifestyles, the confusion and uncertainty faced by the inevitability and accidents of life, as well as the profound emotions toward the endless cycle of life and death—these themes provoke readers into endless contemplation and great aesthetic pleasure.