The Black Gauze Cap

Wang WanfuZhuhai Publishing House2010

Rating 4.0
Chapters
25
Series
The Black Gauze Cap
ISBN
9787545304480

Tags

Featured Fiction Political Fiction Rise to PowerSecretaryDiscipline Inspection WorkGame TheoryCovert CompetitionPower GameSocial CritiqueRealistic ThemeFull-Length NovelContemporary China

Summary

The Black Gauze Cap is a novel by discipline inspection writer Wang Wanfu set in the officialdom of Lingxi Province, regarded as a "second season" to his novel National Beauty. The story begins with the downfall of Hong Xifeng, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee: a provincial leader of considerable weight has fallen, and the political world of Lingxi is shaken. Some are terrified of being implicated; others eye the vacancies and promotion opportunities and quietly make their calculations. Kong Mengzhang, former secretary to the provincial party secretary and now mayor of Huojiawan City, is highly capable and widely seen as having a bright future. Hao Shulu, a municipal party secretary and rival in the same pool of candidates for deputy provincial rank, is a cunning schemer who lays trap after trap to make Kong Mengzhang "ill-fated in love affairs" and thus drop out of the race. Around the post of executive vice governor, various forces fight openly and covertly, laying on the table work ability, integrity, personal connections, and private moral weaknesses. As the calculating Hao Shulu advances his plans, he gradually realizes that he too is a piece in someone else's game; a move he considers brilliant is countered, and he is dragged into a political mire that could ruin him. Told through a chain of events—demolition disputes, public opinion surveys, crisis management, environmental pollution, media manipulation, project development, a video scandal—the novel unfolds layer by layer the power ecosystem in which investment promotion, cadre recommendations, crisis PR, and online public opinion are intertwined. The author worked in discipline inspection for many years, and his officialdom maneuvering is concrete in detail and tight in pacing, combining realism with a cautionary edge.

Editor's review

《乌纱》2010年末悄然走红书市，是当年官场文学热潮中颇具代表性的一部。它的特别之处在于作者身份：汪宛夫是浙江有着二十余年工作经验的纪检干部，十年间创作了十余部官场小说，《机关滋味》曾入选“中国十大经典反腐小说”。这种职业背景让他写起干部推荐、配合办案、民意测评、危机处理这些环节时，细节格外扎实，不靠想象搭建权力结构。 小说没有把人物写成黑白分明的符号。孔孟章有才干也有软肋，郝束鹿精于算计却也身不由己，一次布局被反制之后，算计者与被算计者的位置迅速倒转。书名“乌纱”既是官位的代称，也是全书的隐喻：它带来权力与体面，也带来束缚与风险。本书适合对现实题材、官场生态与权力运作感兴趣的读者，也可作为理解2010年前后中国官场小说创作风潮的一个样本。

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Reading tips

  1. 先厘清岭西省的人物关系网，把洪息烽、孔孟章、郝束鹿三人的位置与诉求记下来。
  2. 按章目顺序阅读，注意“民意测评”“危机处理”“舆论炒作”等章节中权力如何借助程序运作。
  3. 可对照《国色》一起读，理解本书被称为“第二季”的前情背景。
  4. 读毕不妨回看“乌纱”这一书名，思考权力、责任与个人选择之间的关系。

About the publisher

Zhuhai Publishing House China · Founded in 1993

Zhuhai Publishing House focuses on youth literature, modern romance, and social novels, and its 25 titles in the catalog show a clear orientation toward younger readers. Representative works include Mo Xiaoba's Twelve Midsummer (Part Two) and Xin Tang Mina's emotional series linked by the character "Na": Na's Little Pain, Na's Love Affairs, Na's Phantom, Na's Yearning, and Na's Disposition, along with titles such as Goodbye, Aurora. Beyond literature, the press also publishes food and lifestyle books such as Homebody Dessert Workshop, as well as otherworld fantasy and general biography titles. Its collaborating authors include Chong Xi, Wang Hehe, Zhuiyue Zhuhua, and Han Shi. Public information about its full publishing history and catalog system is limited; the above is based only on the titles held in our catalog.

Contents

  1. Full Breasts and Plump Hips
  2. Political Climate
  3. Demolition Dispute
  4. Innocent Love
  5. The Mayor's Cousin
  6. Public Opinion Survey
  7. Cooperating with the Case
  8. Following the Vine to the Melon
  9. An Eye for an Eye
  10. Environmental Pollution
  11. Crisis Management
  12. Taiji and the Two Modes
  13. A Fleeting Couple
  14. Recommending Cadres
  15. The Steamy Diary
  16. Media Manipulation
  17. Double Happiness
  18. From Sheep to Wolf
  19. Economic Compensation
  20. Project Development
  21. The Video Incident
  22. Failure at the Brink of Success
  23. Mouse Sucking Cat's Milk
  24. The Mantis Stalks the Cicada
  25. The Lesson of the Fu Ban

FAQ

《乌纱》的作者是谁？ 作者是汪宛夫，浙江建德人，杭州大学历史学学士、浙江大学文学硕士，中国作家协会会员，曾长期在纪检系统工作，著有《机关滋味》《纪委干部》《国色》《权色》《官色》《心机》等官场小说。
《乌纱》和《国色》是什么关系？ 出版方将《乌纱》宣传为汪宛夫《国色》的“第二季”，两书共享岭西省的人物与背景，洪息烽等人物在两书中都有出现。建议先读《国色》，再读《乌纱》，会更容易理解前情。
这本书是真实案件改编吗？ 《乌纱》是长篇小说，人物和地名均为虚构。作者长期在纪检系统工作，对干部选拔、办案流程、舆情处置等较为熟悉，因此细节有现实质感，但不应对应到具体真实案件或人物。
这本书有电子版吗？ 目前可查的正式纸书版本为珠海出版社2010年12月版，ISBN 9787545304480。电子阅读平台上亦有收录，但获取渠道与授权情况会变化，购买或借阅前建议核实平台是否为正版授权。
适合给中学生看吗？ 不建议。书中涉及权力博弈、男女关系、贪腐情节等内容，理解门槛较高，更适合成年读者；中学生如要接触官场题材，宜在师长引导下选择更浅显的读本。

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About the author

Wang Wanfu Author

Wang Wanfu is a Chinese novelist about whom little information is publicly available; his birth year, native place, education and career have not been clearly recorded. Two of his works are currently held in the collection, with Wusha (The Black Gauze Hat) as his representative title, and they are commonly grouped under premium fiction and officialdom fiction. These categories and this representative work suggest that his writing centers on the world of officialdom, taking the situations of people within power structures as its narrative core and depicting the advances and retreats of a career in office, personal ties and the contest of interests. His style tends toward realism, with an emphasis on plot momentum and the careful arrangement of networks of characters and relationships. Fiction of this kind has a steady readership among Chinese novel readers, and his works have drawn attention for their closeness to the realities of workplace life. Because verifiable material is limited, no biographical inferences are made here; this note describes only the known features of his work and may be supplemented if further information becomes available.