"The Torrent Trilogy": "Home", "Spring", and "Autumn"; the "Love Trilogy": "Fog", "Rain", and "Electricity".
1. "The Torrent Trilogy"
1. "Home"
"Home" is Ba Jin's masterpiece and plays an extremely important role in the history of modern Chinese literature. status. In May 1933, it was first published in Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore.
"Home" describes the love story of the three Gao brothers. Gao Juehui and the maid Mingfeng constitute the first tragic event; Gao Juexin, Qian Meifen and Ruijue constitute the other two tragic events. . Their misfortunes are directly or indirectly related to Mrs. Gao.
While describing the love tragedy of the young generation, the work also reveals the root cause of this tragedy - the inevitable decline process of the feudal family: Gao Juehui, under the influence of the new ideological trend of the "May 4th Movement", actively participated in Student movement, founder of magazines, disgusted with all kinds of corruption in the family under the cover of morality and etiquette.
His grandfather, Mrs. Gao, was the autocratic devil in the family. He single-handedly arranged the marriages of his children and grandchildren, causing the tragedies of Mei Fen, Mingfeng, Ruijue, Juexin and others. Juehui was dissatisfied with his elder brother Juexin's " He actively supported his second brother Juemin in resisting marriage.
Finally, when Mrs. Gao, the symbol of this feudal family, died, Juehui resolutely ran away from home and ran towards a new life.
2. "Spring"
First published by Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore in March 1938. The main plot is that Gao Keming wants to marry his daughter Shuying to the frivolous and dissolute Mr. Chen, and Zhou Botao wants to marry his daughter Hui to the bad-behavior Zheng.
Although they were both dissatisfied with their marriage, Hui, who was cowardly by nature, accepted the situation, while Juexin, who was full of sympathy and admiration for her, did not dare to help her get out of her predicament. She had no choice but to marry according to her father's orders, and finally died with hatred. Hui's death taught the young people of the Gao family. With the encouragement and help of Juemin, Qin and others, Shuying finally escaped to Shanghai, regained her life, and ushered in the free, beautiful and gorgeous spring of her life.
This novel shows the destruction of women by the unreasonable and ugly marriage system and accuses and criticizes the feudal autocratic marriage system.
3. "Autumn"
"Autumn", the third part of the Torrent Trilogy, was first published in July 1940 by Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore. The work "Autumn" describes the final decline of the Gao family, a large feudal family, from the depravity of the heirs of the feudal family and the resistance of the cowards who were most poisoned by feudal concepts.
The main plot is: After a series of events, although Keming and Juexin still want to maintain the appearance of the Gao family, it has reached a point where it is riddled with holes and cannot be saved.
Keming's sons failed to live up to expectations, Ke'an and Keding openly took concubines and prostitutes, and Keding's daughter Shuzhen committed suicide due to unbearable pressure from her parents. After Keming's death, Ke'an and Keding split up their families. Finally, the Gao Mansion was sold, and each family moved out to find another place to live. The Gao family completely collapsed.
"Autumn" is a book that analyzes the shortcomings of education in feudal society. While Ba Jin revealed that this kind of ignorant and authoritarian feudal family education harmed the soul, he also deeply reminded how this reactionary education harmed the lives of young people of that era step by step. Mei's death was a murder of the evil feudal system. The blood and tears of the next generation accuse.
2. "Love Trilogy"
1. "Fog"
The first part of Ba Jin's "Love Trilogy", summary of content: Zhou When Ru Shui returned from studying in Japan, he believed that building rural areas was more important than urban development. Zhou Rushui happened to meet Zhang Ruolan, a beautiful and gentle "petty bourgeois woman" who he had admired in the hotel. The two sides had a good impression of each other, but Zhou Rushui did not have the courage to confess.
Two of his friends came to visit him. One was Chen Zhen, who betrayed his warm and wealthy family and lived an ascetic life to devote himself to his career. The other was Wu Renmin, who had a happy family life. They all encourage him to break free from the narrow love.
Zhou Rushui had an ugly, loveless wife in his hometown. His parents married him when he was seventeen. For this reason, he rejected possible happiness several times. Chen Zhen told Zhang Ruolan the truth and encouraged her to take the initiative to confess to Zhou and help him get rid of family constraints.
At this time, Zhou Rushui received a letter from his father, saying that his mother was ill and wanted to see him, and asked him to go back and become an official. The weak Zhou Rushui rejected Zhang Ruolan's love, but he did not have the courage to go home.
A year later, Zhou Rushui returned to this hotel. Only then did he receive a letter from his family and learned that his wife had died of illness two years ago, but Zhang Ruolan had already left, leaving him alone at the beach. remorse.
2. "Rain"
The second part of Ba Jin's "Love Trilogy", summary: Two years later in Shanghai, Wu Renmin's wife had died of illness, and Chen Zhen was hit by a car. die. At this time, Zhang Ruolan was married to a university professor, and Zhou Rushui fell in love with another woman called petty bourgeoisie, Li Peizhu.
Wu Renmin ridiculed Zhou, but he soon fell in love. He fell in love with Xiong Zhijun, a female student he had helped before. But Wu Renmin soon discovered that Xiong Zhijun's best friend was his former lover Yuwen. She had abandoned him because of her love for glory and wealth, and now she wanted to renew her relationship with him because of loneliness. Wu Renmin painfully rejected her. ?
Li Peizhu was determined to be a revolutionary woman and refused love. Zhou Rushui committed suicide by drowning in despair.
Wu Renmin also received news of Yuwen's suicide. In order to protect Wu Renmin from illness, Xiong Zhijun married Yuwen's husband, a warlord, and left a letter to encourage him to pursue his career. Wu Renmin finally cheered up in grief and anger.
3. "Electricity"
The third part of Ba Jin's "Love Trilogy", summary: Three years later in Fujian, Li Peizhu and her friends formed a family here revolutionary group. Wu Renmin also came here. At this time, he had become a mature revolutionary, and love developed between him and Li Peizhu.
But soon, the revolutionary cause suffered a heavy blow, and members were constantly arrested and killed. One of them, Min, could not bear the grief and indignation of losing his comrades, and embarked on the path of assassination, but the assassination was unsuccessful. , but he himself was killed. Peizhu's father suddenly disappeared in Shanghai. She entrusted Wu Renmin to return to Shanghai to search for him, while she stayed to continue her friend's unfinished business.
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