Splendid and Heavy Waves

During the Jingyou period of the Northern Song Dynasty, there was an undercurrent in the court, constant disputes between the civil servant group and the forces of foreign relatives, and a delicate relationship between local gentry and the central government. The Su family in Jiangnan is a scholarly family with a century-old tradition of calligraphy and painting. However, due to being involved in old party cases, the family power has gradually declined. The growth of the eldest daughter Su Jinlan is closely intertwined with the rise and fall of the family and the changes in the court. Amid family disputes and the tide of the times, women's survival wisdom and feelings for home and country are written.