Sea Tide
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Summary
Yang Ziqian returned from the Northeast to his hometown in Shandong. Influenced by Communist Wang Bing and others, he fought the military bandits and local tyrants with wit and eventually embarked on the revolutionary path. During the brutal mop-up campaigns, Wang Bing, Bi Yun, and others died heroically, and the soldiers and civilians in the base areas paid a heavy price. Lian Cheng and others launched the Liugong Island training uprising, and as the war situation developed, people finally saw the dawn of victory.
The novel tells moving and inspiring stories from the Jiaodong resistance period, spreading positive energy and educating later generations.
Editor's review
Yang Ziqian returns from the Northeast to his native Shandong. Influenced by the Communist Wang Bing and others, he fights the military bandits and local tyrants with cunning and eventually takes the road of revolution. During the brutal mop-up campaigns, Wang Bing, Bi Yun, and many others die heroically, and the soldiers and civilians of the base areas pay a heavy price. Lian Cheng and his comrades launch the Liugong Island mutiny and uprising, and as the war unfolds, people finally see the dawn of victory.
The novel tells moving, heroic stories of the Jiaodong resistance, spreading positive energy and educating later generations.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers interested in contemporary Chinese social change and family sagas
- Readers who love grounded, profound realist literature with the feel of land or sea
- Readers hoping to understand macro-historical processes through concrete family stories
- Literary lovers who appreciate nuanced character portrayal and complex human nature
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking fast pacing, strong plotting, and web-novel-style gratification
- Readers with no interest at all in rural themes or heavier historical narrative
Reading tips
- Set aside a relatively uninterrupted stretch of time to read immersively, following the rhythm of the prose through the slow flow of the era and the sudden turns of fate.
- Pay attention to the multiple meanings of the 'sea' as an image—how it evolves from a backdrop for survival into a spiritual symbol.
- After finishing, consider what 'shore' can be held fast to amid the 'tides' of the times that individuals and families face.
About the publisher
Founded in Wuhan in 1955, Yangtze River Literature and Art Publishing House is a literary publisher under Hubei Changjiang Publishing and Media Group. Public information is limited, so the following focuses on the publishing directions reflected in the books in our database. The press publishes modern and contemporary Chinese literature, classical literary studies, translated foreign literature and educational works. Its catalog includes Chen Yinke's Studies on the Origins of Sui and Tang Institutions and On Tang Political History and The Unofficial Biography of Liu Rushi, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi and Four Generations Under One Roof, and Selected Essays of Lu Xun, as well as translations such as Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country and educational writings by Sukhomlinsky. Its publishing character lies in balancing literary classics with scholarly works, with attention to textual editing and the accumulation of major authors' works; its author resources span leading modern writers, historians and foreign authors.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序言
- 一 出手凤林集
- 二 小老道与大武师
- 三 火种
- 四 追踪老坟窟
- 五 血战日寇
- 六 头颅奇事
- 七 威海卫城寻人
- 八 十三门楼风月泪
- 九 神秘高人
- 十 刺仇敌
- 十一 桥头羊汤
- 十二 沟于家遇匪
- 十三 抓捕
- 十四 小耗子
- 十五 孤胆黑石山
- 十六 环翠楼斗恶
- 十七 戚公子
- 十八 甲午故地
- 十九 行凶
- 二十 陷囹圄
- 二十一 刑场
- 二十二 孟家庄梁氏救难
- 二十三 烂木沟锄奸
- 二十四 八路军勇战昆嵛山
- 二十五 盘川夼血债
- 二十六 菩萨弯月
- 二十七 顽军亲日
- 二十八 渔家宴
- 二十九 报恩解危
- 三十 美人杀
- 三十一 夜袭刘公岛
- 三十二 壮烈三姐妹
- 三十三 营南惨案
- 三十四 剿灭大刀会
- 三十五 擂台侠影
- 三十六 血书
- 三十七 大扫荡
- 三十八 火烧据点
- 三十九 伪海军起义
- 四十 征程
- 后记
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About the author
Qiao Hongming is an author about whom relatively little public information is available; only one work by this name can currently be identified, the social novel The Tide. Since basic details such as dates of birth and death, nationality, and educational background are not clearly recorded, his personal history is difficult to describe in detail. The existing work nonetheless offers some indication of his thematic interests. The Tide is classified as a social novel, suggesting that the author tends to present social realities and the fortunes of individual characters through fiction, using narrative to reflect the conflicts and changes of a particular era. On the basis of the information available, Qiao Hongming has produced only a small number of works and has not yet formed a widely documented body of writing, so readers' knowledge of him and his work remains limited. Even so, The Tide, as his representative work, provides the main point of entry for understanding this author, and its choice of subject matter and narrative concerns are worth further consideration in the course of reading.
