Song of Youth
by Yang Mo
About This Novel
The novel describes the tortuous process of how Lin Daojing, a "petty bourgeois intellectual", embarked on the road of revolution and became a proletarian warrior. In order to find a personal way out and escape the fate of being a "plaything" and "vase" for men, Lin Daojing embarked on the road of exile. She ran away from her family and went to Yangjiacun Primary School near Beidaihe to find relatives and work as a substitute teacher. However, the principal Yu Jingtang conspired to marry her off to a local dignitary. In desperation, she threw herself into the sea and committed suicide. She was rescued by Yu Yongze, a Peking University student who had been paying attention to her. The "poet and knight" Yu Yongze awakened Lin Daojing's passion for life. Moved by Yu Yongze's love, she agreed to build a love nest with him. Lin Daojing, who had been lonely and helpless since childhood, temporarily enjoyed the warmth of family. But she was unwilling to be supported by others. First she was frustrated in finding a job, and then she came into contact with the patriotic students of Peking University and was ideologically touched. After meeting Communist Lu Jiachuan, she began to be exposed to revolutionary ideas. Yu Yongze repeatedly prevented her from participating in revolutionary activities, leading to Lu Jiachuan's arrest. Lin Daojing woke up from a dream in the face of the painful facts, determined to leave the vulgar, selfish and mediocre Yu Yongze, and join the torrent of anti-Japanese and national salvation. From then on, under the guidance of revolutionaries, she gradually overcome her weakness and eventually became a mature proletarian revolutionary warrior.
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