Divorce under Zhenghong
by Lao She
About This Novel
The autobiography of "Under the Red Flag" is rich in color and the language is natural and simple, like an old man telling you his childhood. With Mr. Lao She's pen, vivid characters appear on the stage - a gentle and honest father, a thrifty and simple mother, a sharp and arrogant aunt, the eldest brother-in-law who eats, drinks and hass, the eldest sister-in-law who is unreasonable, the eldest sister-in-law who is nothing but a blessing, the smart and capable second brother Fuhai, the cunning and scheming boss, the straightforward duo, the upright and kind shopkeeper Lao Wang, the stubborn Wang Shicheng, Yang The superior Ding Ding, the carefree Bo Shengzhi, the eloquent Suo Laosi, the disabled Zha Erye, the arrogant Pastor Niu... Once the people, they all lived happily and carefree in their own world, but when the Qing Dynasty on which they relied was crumbling, their fate was equally bad... "Divorce" is a great Lao She-style humor. He set his sights on the families of several junior clerks in Peiping: three or four couples of men and women, decent or not so decent, educated or not, all going through divorces like a revolving door. Although it was a bit "tragic" at the beginning, the mediocre philosophies of the citizen class such as caring about face, caring about "conscience", being content with life, and making do with each other hindered their rational choices. As a result, everyone had enough trouble and no one got divorced.
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