Storms and Rain at Pengmen

Author: Teng Xuyan
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This book is a biographical literary work that studies and portrays the life of Peng Dehuai from a completely new perspective. Author Teng Xuyan obtained many little-known precious historical records and life details about Peng Dehuai through multiple interviews with seven nieces and nephews whom Peng Dehuai personally raised. Additionally, he interviewed many veteran generals and senior officials familiar with Peng Dehuai, collected and studied a large amount of historical documents and published works related to him. Based on comprehensive historical materials, using literary art as a medium, the book focuses on portraying the life stories of two generations of the Peng family centered around Peng Dehuai, who were closely connected and shared joys and sorrows over half a century.
The life of the old proletarian revolutionary, statesman, and military strategist Peng Dehuai Marshal, with its ups and downs, has moved generations of Chinese people, and his noble character and unwavering integrity have also educated generations. To date, literary works about Peng Dehuai (including commemorative collections) are the most numerous and influential among the works of leaders and generals of the New China.
Stormy Peng Gate—Peng Dehuai’s Family Atmosphere and Affairs is a biographical literary work that studies and portrays the life of Peng Dehuai from a completely new perspective. Author Teng Xuyan obtained many little-known precious historical records and life details about Peng Dehuai through multiple interviews with seven nieces and nephews whom Peng Dehuai personally raised. Additionally, he interviewed many veteran generals and senior officials familiar with Peng Dehuai, collected and studied a large amount of historical documents and published works related to him. Based on comprehensive historical materials, using literary art as a medium, the book focuses on portraying the life stories of two generations of the Peng family centered around Peng Dehuai, who were closely connected and shared joys and sorrows over half a century.
This book differs from previously published biographical works about Peng Dehuai. It does not comprehensively describe Peng Dehuai’s life, nor does it repeat the grand scenes of him fighting on the battlefield. It also does not recount the complex plot of his humiliation and injustice at the Lushan Conference. Instead, it portrays Peng Dehuai as an ordinary person, seeking the genuine emotions between him and his two wives and seven nieces and nephews. With a focus on the subtleties of family life, the book depicts their joys, sorrows, and emotions, striving to enter Peng Dehuai’s rich inner world and restore the image of a truly approachable Peng Laozong—a man with an unyielding backbone in the cause of the Chinese revolution and a compassionate heart toward his relatives and younger generations. He vividlys the heroic figure of a person who did not hesitate to sacrifice himself for truth and the people, full of personal charm.