Yang Du (Volume 1, 2, 3) (Literature and History Parallel Edition)

Author: Tang Haoming
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: Tang Haoming's epic historical novel Yang Du (originally titled A Remarkable Talent of His Generation), created with a magnificent spirit and profound historical knowledge, is considered an artistic masterpiece. It has won the China Book Award, the National Book Award, and the National Outstanding Novel Award. Yang Du was a highly controversial figure in modern Chinese history; exceptionally talented and ambitious, he was taught imperial studies by the renowned scholar Wang Kanyun and later studied the constitutional monarchy system in Japan, determined to make a significant impact on the political stage of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. This book uses Yang Du as a thread to connect numerous figures such as Yuan Shikai, Yuan Keding, Cao Kun, Wang Jingwei, Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, and Cai E, vividly depicting the turbulent path of early 20th-century Chinese people's struggle for national salvation. Yang Du participated in the memorial to the throne, later supported Yuan Shikai's declaration of empire, turned to helping Sun Yat-sen after the collapse of the Hongxian Dynasty, and later had close ties with the Communist Party in his later years. His life embodies the complex and sharp contradictions of modern Chinese history. With a desire to save the nation but placing his trust in the wrong people, and with extensive knowledge but failing to grasp the pulse of the times, Yang Du's tragedy is also a microcosm of the difficult rise of modern China.