"The Bronze Age" is one of Wang Xiaobo's "Era" series. It consists of three novels "Wanshou Temple", "Running at Night" and "Searching for Wushuang" based on the ancient Tang Dynasty in China. The protagonists of this series of works - Jiedushi Xue Song and the Miao girl Hongxian, the founding father of the Tang Dynasty Li Jing and Hong Funu, the rich young man Wang Xianke and his cousin Liu Wushuang are all ancient intellectuals and legendary figures. In Wang Xiaobo's writings, they are a group of people who pursue individuality, love freedom, and want to live according to their own values and spiritual creeds. They are full of strong creative desires and humanitarian needs. However, they were controlled by the power struggle at that time, distorted their mentality and behavior, and turned their wisdom and love into a farce. "The Bronze Age" transports the shackles of reality to ancient times, and is full of metaphors and criticisms of real society.
