About This Novel
"Ghost Gate" is a long martial arts suspense novel written by Sichuan writer Liu Shenfu. The story takes place in Nanjiang County, a small town in Bazhong, Sichuan. It begins with a tax bank theft case and involves the rights and wrongs of various characters in the small town. Overall, it is an old-school story with a typical Chinese classical flavor, and has the characteristics of both popular novels and serious novels. Through the struggle between good and evil, pursuit of truth and greed for pleasure between Nanjiang County's canon historian "Shu Hou" and county magistrate "Wang Cunru", the author reveals more serious themes such as "what is justice" and "what is the truth", laments the reality of the loss of independent spirit under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time details the life world of a small town in Northeast Sichuan in the late Qing Dynasty. The author is deeply immersed in Chinese classical novels and is very good at describing the environment, including snow, dew, frost, rain, spring flowers and autumn moon. Every word and sentence can be incorporated into poetry and painting, and is connected with the characters in it, creating a unique aesthetic world.
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