Weather in the Early Republic of China: Violence, Conspiracy and Love in the Year of Troubles
by Zhao Baitian
About This Novel
"Once Upon a Time in China" is a series of works by Zhao Botian that retells the modern history of China from the perspective of the transformation of modernity. It consists of three volumes and four volumes, namely: "The Weather of the Early Republic of China: Violence, Conspiracy and Love in the Year of Troubles", "The Moon Shines on the Moss: A Short History of the Life of Southern Literati in the 20th Century", and "Guns and Money: The Rise and Fall of Financiers in the Republic of China". The author has been working hard for ten years to write the memory of a country in public oblivion. The "China Past" series is his positive writing of modern revolution and cultural themes. It tells the stories of the best souls in that changing era: revolutionaries, politicians, intellectuals, scholars, businessmen, Jianghu, grassroots and working class. "Weather in the Early Republic of China: Violence, Conspiracy and Love in the Year of Troubles" is the first book in the "China's Past" series. The story of this book covers the period from 1905, when the Qing court started to prepare for the establishment of a constitution, to 1919, when the May Fourth Movement broke out. It vividly re-displays, examines, interprets and reflects on many personnel and events of the Republic of China in its adolescence against the broad historical background. In the investigation of figures such as Wei Jun, Chen Duxiu, Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Taiyan, Lu Xun, Su Manshu, Liu Shipei, and He Zhen, they devoted themselves to writing about the relationship between individuals and the times, revealing how they adapted to the world, used it, and even rebelled against it. The ones who were especially missed were the standard-bearers and pioneers of the New Culture Movement. Under the noisy and doubtful mood of the early Republic of China, the dense atmosphere and open pattern heralded many possibilities for China in the future.
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