He Yuan Yanyun

About This Novel

"Smoke and Clouds in He Garden" begins with the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 and is based on He Garden in Yangzhou, "the most famous garden in the late Qing Dynasty". The story goes from Yangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, France, to the United States. It tells the story of the grievances and hatreds of the two families of Yangzhou, He and Yu, and the joys and sorrows of four generations. It can be called the Yangzhou version of "Smoke and Clouds in Beijing". The novel is based on the love-hate entanglement between He Qili, the eldest son of the He family, Du Meihua, who defected to the He family, and Yu Shiqin, the son of the Yu family who had a feud with the He family. The story is full of ups and downs and is fascinating. The novel contains hundreds of characters, ranging from powerful and wealthy to poor and humble. Each character is lifelike and full of flesh and blood. The background of the story spans the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Beiyang, the Nationalist Government, the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for more than 50 years. It depicts the ups and downs of personal destiny under the background of the times, as well as their self-salvation and national responsibility in the face of the rapid changes of the times.

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