Passenger's Elegy

The novel "The Passenger's Elegy" is a pure literary work based on family history and based on the exploration of human nature. The novel revolves around the rise and fall of the Yang Gu family and tells the story of the joys and sorrows of several generations of Hakka families in the troubled times. It reveals the confused life and repressed humanity of the lower class Hakkas in the semi-feudal and semi-colonial cultural background, thereby conveying the tenacity and stubbornness, generosity and broad-mindedness of the Hakkas, as well as their yearning for light in the darkness. The story begins with a pair of lovers escaping. It uses flashbacks, interludes and other techniques to form a multi-time and space narrative, interweaving the tragic stories that happened to the Yang Gu family and several generations of related families from the mid-19th century to the 1940s. Gu Zhongxi is the core character in the novel. From the day he was born, the Gu family began a tragedy. When Gu Zhongxi was forty years old, he decided to trade his life for the sake of raising a son because he believed a so-called half-immortal's prophecy with ulterior motives. He combined this act of sacrificing his life for righteousness with the escape of a pair of lovers, and formulated and implemented a ridiculous plan. The story in the novel unfolds along this plan. The plot has ups and downs, is surrounded by dangers, and is full of suspense. A pair of lovers are undoubtedly the most loyal executors of this plan, but they know nothing about it. In terms of creative thinking, the author focuses on exploring Hakka culture and Hakka character, revealing the different human expressions of Hakkas from different classes in different eras, different environments and under the influence of different cultures, and thus showing the emotional sublimation from continuing incense and inheriting family business to national righteousness and feelings of home and country.