"A Few Straws of Breeze" is a narrative novel that combines modernity, ideals and reality. Through the intertwined fate of contemporary junior high school students Huang Xuexin and Qing Hui, it explores multiple thoughts on Confucian ideals and Legalist reality, youth growth and emotional entanglements, education system and human nature.
It mainly revolves around the emotional growth of Huang Xuexin and Qinghui from elementary school to junior high school. The two met in the choir and experienced innocence, misunderstanding, separation and the test of reality. When Huang Xuexin faced Ye Xichen, Wang Ming and others who appeared around Qinghui, as well as the complex interpersonal relationships, he gradually realized the huge gap between ideal and reality. The story profoundly depicts the struggles and growth of adolescent boys under academic pressure, friendship, puppy love and family pressure.
The novel takes "the combination of Confucianism and Legalism" as its philosophical core. It reflects on the nature of education, society and human nature through comparison between ancient and modern times. It has both a sense of history and a delicate touch of youth. It is a text full of philosophical thoughts and emotions.
Intention: Discusses the contradiction, collision, integration and exchange between realism and idealism