Rose Gate

Author: Tie Ning
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The narrative of "The Rose Gate" primarily focuses on two women, Si Yiwen and her granddaughter Su Mei, representing the old and the young. Si Yiwen longs for recognition—earlier, she yearned for the recognition of a traditional family, and later, she sought the approval of political society and revolutionary masses. To achieve this recognition, Si Yiwen paid a great price and resorted to all means, including her own relatives, who became tools to curry favor with the times. However, due to her overly rigid personal traits, no matter how she compromised or endured, she ultimately remained out of sync with the era.