The Most "expensive" Writer's Book Collection in the Republic of China: Eighty-one Dreams
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This book is Zhang Henshui's masterpiece of satire and criticism during the Anti-Japanese War, and is known as the pinnacle of "national crisis novels". The author uses the writing method of "Nineteen fables, entrusted to dreams" to construct more than a dozen bizarre dreams, such as "I am Sun Wukong", "Journey to Heaven", etc., Matching the gods and ancient figures in the sky with the corrupt officials, speculators and corrupt elements in reality, making him laugh and curse at his best. The work profoundly exposes the dark reality of bureaucratic corruption and extravagance in the "Fog Chongqing" in the rear area in the late Anti-Japanese War. It was even banned by the authorities for its intrusiveness. It is not only a turning point in Zhang Henshui's creative career, but also a strange book in the history of modern Chinese literature that directly addresses the current ills.
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