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"The Besieged City" is Qian Zhongshu's only full-length novel, and it can be called a classic of modern and contemporary Chinese novels. The novel creates a group portrait of a class of intellectuals at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, and vividly reflects the behavior, ethics, and confusion of special groups of people in a specific period of the country. It describes the scene and atmosphere at that time from another perspective. Despite its specific historical setting, the novel reveals only the foibles of the population and still resonates today. The first edition was published by Shanghai Chenguang Publishing Company in 1947. "Fortress Besieged" is a satirical novel with a unique style in the history of modern Chinese literature. It is known as "New Confucian Foreign History". "Fortress Besieged" is a vivid picture of the various states of the world, in which the ups and downs of life are vividly reflected. Mr. Qian Zhongshu combined his language genius with extremely profound knowledge, and added some satirical humor to make a difference with one book.

"Fortress Under Siege" is a social satirical novel that uses the story of marriage and love as a cover to show the sores of the intellectual community in a specific period. The content is interesting, the language is witty, the writing is sharp, and the meaning is profound. It is known as the new "The Scholars". In fact, compared to "The Scholars", "The Besieged City" contains a clearer and deeper understanding, so it is more pungent and has more practical significance.

"The Besieged City" is Qian Zhongshu's only full-length novel, and it can be called a classic of modern and contemporary Chinese novels. The novel creates a group portrait of a class of intellectuals at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, and vividly reflects the behavior, ethics, and confusion of special groups of people in a specific period of the country. It describes the scene and atmosphere at that time from another perspective. Despite its specific historical setting, the novel reveals only the foibles of the population and still resonates today. The first edition was published by Shanghai Chenguang Publishing Company in 1947. "Fortress Besieged" is a satirical novel with a unique style in the history of modern Chinese literature. Known as "New Confucian Foreign History", "The Besieged City" is a vivid picture of the various states of the world, in which the ups and downs of life are vividly reflected. Mr. Qian Zhongshu combined his language genius with extremely profound knowledge, and added some satirical humor to make a difference with one book.

Mr. Qian Zhongshu's most classic work is also the only full-length novel. It can be called a satirical classic with a unique style in the history of modern Chinese literature. It is known as the "New Confucian Foreign History" and has been the best-selling novel since the 1980s. The novel creates a portrait of a group of intellectuals, mainly Fang Hongjian, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, and describes the difficulties they faced in education, marriage and career. Despite its specific historical context, the novel reveals the vulnerabilities of people that still resonate today. The famous literary critic Mr. Xia Zhiqing believed in "The History of Modern Chinese Novels" that ""The Besieged City" is superior to any classical Chinese satirical novels" and called it "the most interesting and delicate novel in the history of modern Chinese literature, and perhaps the greatest novel."