Collected Works of Zhao Shuli: Red Silk Pants
by Zhao Shuli
About This Novel
"Red Silk Pants" is a short story collection by Zhao Shuli, which includes more than 40 short stories by Zhao Shuli, such as "Regret", "The Story of the White Horse", "Donkey and Shoes", and "Fugui". These works were created between 1929 and 1942 and are his early works. Most of this book is set in the rural areas of North China, reflecting the changes in rural society and the contradictions and struggles existing therein, and shaping the images of various rural characters. Zhao Shuli's other short stories express the changes in rural social relations in the liberated areas from different aspects. "Fugui" reflects the problem of reforming second-rate people. In order to develop agricultural production in the liberated areas, transforming second-rate workers is an indispensable task. However, the force of habit caused by long-term feudal rule has caused cadres and the masses to mistake some kind-hearted oppressed people for second-rate people. Fugui is experiencing exactly this. The patriarch, Wang Laowan, took away Fugui's land through loan sharking and severely punished Fugui according to clan rules, completely legalizing his own exploitation. Fugui was desperate and became a trumpeter, which was considered a despicable profession, so he was treated as a "second-rate" unreasonably. Through these descriptions, we make a powerful accusation against the old society and severely criticize the forces of habit.
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