Cross the Inner River

The author spans more than fifty years of narrative time and space, describes the ups and downs of the protagonist Xu Xiaoming's personal destiny, and presents the social scenes of China in different periods since the 1970s: the plight of primary and secondary education in the turbulent years; the rise and fall of the movement of educated youth to go to the mountains and countryside; the resumption of the college entrance examination that had been stagnant for more than ten years; and the spring breeze of reform and opening up blowing across the land of China. The novel reviews history based on personal experience, allowing readers to understand life in the long history.