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Author: Ba Jin
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: The novel Family (part of the Three Novels of Turbulent Currents), a masterpiece of literary giant Ba Jin, is an outstanding realist long work in the history of modern Chinese literature. The book uses skilled artistic techniques to create numerous typical literary figures. There are over seventy characters in the book, including the tyrannical, aged, and decadent feudal family's highest ruler and representative of the feudal patriarchal system, Grandpa Gao; the licentious, cruel false scholar and executioner Feng Leshan; the corrupted and dissipated wastrel, Fifth Uncle Ke Ding; the cunning and greedy Fourth Uncle Ke An, and other various figures of the ruling class. There are also victims of feudal ethics and feudal etiquette, such as the pure and fierce maid Mu Feng who dares to protest against feudal autocracy with her life; the gentle and meek Miss Mei Fen who quietly swallows the evils of old etiquette; and the kind, honest, and tender young daughter-in-law Rui Jue, etc. Additionally, there are images of young awakened and rebellious figures like Jue Hui, Jue Min, and Qin, who are influenced by new thoughts, yearn for freedom and equality, boldly fight for individual liberation, and dare to resist feudal rule.