The Second Handshake (formerly known as Return) is a book published by China Youth Publishing House in June, 1975. The author publicly stated that the book described the love between college students Su Guanlan and Ding Jieqiong, which was opposed by Su's father. Ding went to the United States to study and became a famous atomic physicist. Su Guanlan, who stayed in China, became a medical professor and married Ye, the daughter of her father's old friend.
However, Ding Jieqiong, who was far away in the United States, refused all men's pursuits, fulfilled the love agreement with Su wholeheartedly, and returned to China with the help of Premier Zhou, only to know that the tragedy of love was irreparable. He insisted on going to the frontier, moved by the sincerity of Su Guanlan and his wife, and stayed in Beijing to devote himself to scientific research.
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In rewriting, Zhang Yang also reshaped the characters in the novel. Besides describing Su Guanlan, Ye and Su Fengqi in detail, he also devoted all his feelings to the heroine Ding Jieqiong in the book. In his eyes, this is a "perfect woman" who combines the excellent qualities of outstanding female scientists in China.
In addition, with the improvement of the political environment and the declassification of some history, the rewritten Second Handshake has made subversive changes to some viewpoints, such as the description of Sino-US relations during World War II, including the missionary hospitals run by foreign churches in China and the merits and demerits of the Japanese atomic bombing.
Zhang Yang said: "At that time, due to the influence of the political environment, our understanding of Americans was too playful, and many of them were politicized language that seems funny now. This is not in line with historical facts. I changed it this time. "
1979 In July, Hu Yuping, the editor in charge of editing this book, wrote that this book is "encyclopedic": from international relations to philosophy of life, from medicine to nuclear physics, from poetry to love, he dabbled in politics, military affairs, economy, culture and other disciplines.