The Foreign History of Chunming·part 15 (zhang Henshui's Classic Love Story)
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"Chunming Foreign History" takes the love story of newspaper reporter Yang Xingyuan, prostitute Liyun, and poetess Li Dongqing as the running thread. The background is grand and the narrative is calm, including wealthy families, brothels, theaters, apartments, guild halls, schools, high-end hotels, clubs, temples, scenic spots, three religions and nine streams, including the president, prime minister, prostitutes, actors, and all kinds of famous people. "Chunming Foreign History" is a picture of Beijing customs in the 1920s. It can be called a classic and still has immortal artistic charm when read today. Zhang Henshui (May 18, 1895 - February 15, 1967), whose original name was Xinyuan, Henshui was his pen name, which was taken from the poem "Meeting Happily" written by Li Yu in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which means "I will grow up in life and hate the water in the east". Zhang Henshui is a famous chapter novelist and a representative writer of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. He is honored as the "master of chapter novels" and the first "master of popular literature" in the history of contemporary literature. The plot of the work is tortuous and complex, and the structure is rigorous and complete. It integrates traditional Chinese chapter novels with new techniques in Western novels. He is also famous for his prolific output. In his fifty-year writing career, he created more than 100 popular novels, most of which are medium and long chapter novels with a total of 30 million words, which can be regarded as a book in his lifetime.
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