In 1911, the bourgeois democratic revolution led by Sun Yat-sen overthrew the rule of the Qing Dynasty and established the Republic of China the following year (1912). Sun Yat-sen attached great importance to sericulture and silk production, and included requirements for the development of silk production in the "Industrial Plan" he formulated. In the early years of the Republic of China, the silk industry in Hangzhou, Zhejiang received strong support from relevant government departments. It made outstanding progress in all aspects of planting mulberry, raising silkworms, reeling, weaving, and making clothes. It developed rapidly in the late 1820s and early 1930s and reached its heyday in the history of the silk industry in Hangzhou. In the Xia family, a prosperous family in Hangcheng, a thrilling battle between wealthy families unfolded...