Zhao Zi Said Divorce

About This Novel

"Zhao Ziyue" was completed in 1926 and is Lao She's second novel. The protagonist Zhao Ziyue made trouble all day long and was expelled from the university. He spent all day as a boxer in the theater, supporting actors and actresses, playing mahjong all night long, indulging in banquets all day long, drunk and dreaming, and tried to achieve his goal of becoming an official through nepotism. Unexpectedly, he was tricked by others, and finally achieved nothing. Later, under the persuasion of a close friend, I finally woke up and started a new life. "Zhao Ziyue" is Lao She's transitional work toward maturity. It uses a tone of laughter and scolding to create the image of Zhao Ziyue, a confused college student who has neither the determination to do good nor the courage to do evil in the era of new and old changes in China. It depicts the muddled, despicable and despicable life of a group of college students in the rooftop apartment of Drum Tower in Beijing in the 1920s. "Divorce" was completed in 1933. The protagonist, Brother Zhang, is a contented citizen who accepts his fate and sticks to the rules, and is afraid of all "changes". His "sacred mission in life" is to "be a matchmaker and oppose divorce." His philosophy of life reflects the closed and self-sufficient side of traditional Chinese culture. "Divorce" truly describes the bankruptcy of "sons and daughters of old China" in civil society like Brother Zhang who follow the conservative mediocre philosophy, and the tragedy of their failure to comply with their destiny.

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