Fan Family Compound

Author: Wang Gong/Nationality: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: 1900-1949, a turbulent fifty years in Chinese history. In the late Qing Dynasty, Magistrate Da Fan, witnessing the chaos of the times, took in an orphaned boy named Guo Caosan and sent him back to Beijing. Guo Caosan, a servant in the Fan family compound, was inevitably drawn into the family's fate as the times changed dramatically. The maidservant Lingzi, the eldest daughter Nianren, the second daughter Nianchun, the mistress Yueniang, and the master of the Fan compound, Fan Ye, all deeply intervened in his life. Guo Caosan was a tragic figure in the feudal society of old China. Loyal, filial, righteous, and upright, he sympathized with the revolutionaries, despised the Japanese invaders, and even risked his life to help Communist Party members. However, fate led him to be seen as a traitor and a collaborator in the eyes of the world. In the eyes of the people in the Fan compound, Guo Caosan could be considered a good man, while in the eyes of the women of the Fan compound, he was even seen as a perfect man. But when placed in the context of history, he was undoubtedly a sinner.