Guan Lingyue, an “immortal” who has lived through China's unprecedented upheavals of the past century, and Qing Zhiheng, a quirky and spirited young woman raised in the more open environment of the 21st century, meet by chance and come to understand each other. Together, they face crises and search for a way forward, embodying the sincerity and resilience of ordinary people caught in the currents of their times. Their story profoundly reveals the truth that “greatness can be found in the ordinary,” while the backbone of Chinese intellectuals through a century of upheaval leaves a precious spiritual legacy for those who follow. As hardship and happiness, adversity and good fortune, resistance and submission, weakness and strength collide like sparks, a spiritual legacy spanning a century reveals the true meaning of love in this world!
This is a torrential history of a century-old era. Through the eyes of the male protagonist, we look at the huge spiritual wealth left by those who sacrificed their lives during the war for future generations. There are evocative love, unparalleled friendship, and the shackles that the century-old changes have brought to the male protagonist's life - both a gift and a pain!
It is a very different type of novel story with interesting and novel themes. The description of the male protagonist especially reflects the character of the literati of that era and the most beautiful appearance of love. The world is impermanent. It is so touching!