Man at attention

Author: Xu Chunqiao
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Chen Daosheng, a laid-off worker from the Shuanghe Machinery Factory, came from a poor family. He was tricked by a friend into borrowing 300,000 yuan to save his daughter. To maintain his reputation among his relatives and neighbors, Chen Daosheng endured the hardships of being separated from his wife and children, embarking on an eight-year struggle to repay his debts until his very last breath. Through the tragic life of this ordinary person, the novel attempts to awaken people's fading awareness of integrity, responsibility, shame, and compassion, striving to rebuild social trust and moral ideals within the fate of a small individual. It is a work imbued with humanity and humanistic spirit, as well as a deeply reflective piece on reality, soul-searching, atonement for betrayal, and an ode to humanity.