Republic of China 1919: the Scholar Enters the Sea

A century-old storm began in 1919. Chen Ke, a graduate student in the Department of Modern History, became a Peking University student with the same name. Living in the turbulent and troubled times of the Republic of China, he had no extraordinary abilities or unlucky opportunities. He only had the familiar historical context in his heart and the unyielding character of his family and country. He traveled north and south as a journalist, literati, staff member, and industrialist, and met a number of real historical figures one after another. He does not attempt to reverse the fate of the country, but is only a witness and recorder of the times. Watch the rise and fall of heroes, read the joys and sorrows of the world, stick to your heart amidst gunfire and darkness, and move forward step by step in the waves of troubled times. Thirty years have passed, and the war is burning all over China. When the old flag fell in Nanjing and the new flag rose on Tiananmen Square, a scholar from later generations went through a life of ups and downs and witnessed the end of an old era and the birth of a new China.