Bai Shi Men Feng - Shen (Tao) Family in Historical Transformations

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 potential to resemble a revised family genealogy. However, viewing history through the lens of a single family, especially modern history, is actually quite fascinating. This is the first family history biography work by the American-Chinese writer Shen Ning published on the mainland. The author uses a family genealogy from his grandmother as a, recounting 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 Chinese humanistic traditions, highlights the spirit of human freedom and the scholar's idealism, while also revealing lesser-known aspects of many modern history figures.