War fires rage across a troubled land, and a family is cast adrift. The scholar Wang Shouzhe is forced to take charge of his battered clan and lead thirty-seven elderly people, women, and children into the desolate mountains. With no spiritual roots, no foundation building, and no golden core, he relies solely on mortal wisdom and a commitment to farming and learning. In this desperate place, he clears fields, establishes a clan school, and lays down family rules. Watch generation after generation of leaders carry the family forward, building the humble Wang clan into an enduring, flourishing household through dynastic upheavals and turbulent times.
