Bai Shi Men Feng

Author: Shen Ning (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a unique family history work. The author's uncle is the renowned Shen Junru, and his maternal grandfather is also the famous Tao Xisheng. The author explores the millennium-long history of the Shen family in the book, which has the of rewriting the family genealogy. However, viewing history through the lens of a family, especially modern history, is actually quite interesting. This is the first family history biography work by the American-Chinese writer Shen Ning published on the mainland. The author uses an ancestral genealogy book as a to reminisce about the thousand-year history of the Shen and Tao families. By depicting the achievements and fates of the family leaders through historical changes, the book celebrates the Chinese humanistic tradition, highlights the spirit of human freedom and the scholar's idealism, and also reveals many lesser-known aspects of modern history figures.