A Century of Ups and Downs of the Lou Family in the North

In the vast and boundless land of northern China, the fate of a family is often closely linked to the changes of the times. "A Hundred Years of Ups and Downs: The Lou Family in the North" is based on real history and tells the story of the rise and fall of the Lou family across a hundred years. The story starts from the origin of the ancient Lou surname and traces the family spirit of Lou Shide, a famous official in the Tang Dynasty, who "established oneself with tolerance and passed down the family with virtue". During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Lou Qingdaoguang, a squire from Rongcheng County, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province, opened a porridge shop and helped the victims, earning the reputation of a "great benevolent man" and spreading the reputation of the Lou family far and wide. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the power of the country was in turmoil. Three brothers, Lou Zhiliang, Lou Zhigong and Lou Zhirang, descendants of the Lou family, devoted themselves to the revolution and assassinated the Japanese invaders. They were hunted by the Qing court and were forced to abandon their vast family property and follow the wave of people from Guandong to the Northeast. In the desolate land of Guandong, the Lou family took root again. Several generations have experienced pioneering and entrepreneurship, world turmoil and national peril, and the fate of the family has been swayed by the tide of the times time and time again. Some people keep their family business, some go around the world, some join the anti-Japanese war, and some make difficult choices in the cracks of history. Over the past hundred years, the family's wealth, displacement, loyalty and sacrifice have been intertwined. A surname, a family tradition, and the destiny of generations slowly unfold in the wind and rain of history. This is both a family history and a memory of the times in the northern land. There is a poem at the end of the book that says: The wind and frost in the north have been deep for hundreds of years, A firework and a few groans. The warehouse once provided relief to hungry and cold travelers; The iron horse also follows the beacon fire heart. Even though the world has turned upside down, people have not changed. The ancestral teachings are like lamps illuminating the past and present. Looking back at the long river and the moon, It still dimly illuminates Lou's door.