Born in troubled times with a humble status, he rose up in the troubled times and became a powerful figure in the separatist regime; she was an old-style aristocrat with a wealthy family, but she was not willing to be bound by etiquette and pursued freedom of thought in troubled times; he, a fallen nobleman, read poetry and books, but because of a moment of greed, he fell into an irreversible situation. They struggled in troubled times and chose between rights and desires, interpreting a period of the Republic of China.