The Black Gauze Cap

Wang WanfuZhuhai Publishing House2010

Rating 4.0
Chapters
25
Series
Wang Wanfu's Officialdom Series
ISBN
9787545304480

Tags

Featured Fiction Political Fiction Reserve CadresDemolition DisputesEnvironmental PollutionPower GameReputation CrisisContemporary FictionRealistic ThemeContemporary China

Summary

The fall of Hong Xifeng, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, shook the political world of Lingxi. Some were fearful, afraid of being implicated; others' eyes lit up at the vacant black gauze cap. Kong Mengzhang, former secretary to the provincial party secretary and mayor of Huojiawan, was talented and seen as a rising star; Hao Shulu, a fellow candidate for deputy provincial rank and party secretary of a city, was shrewd and calculating, laying trap after trap until he pushed Kong into a "doomed by romance" rumor and forced him out of the race. The post of executive vice governor was prominent, and everyone in Lingxi scrambled for it. Yet just as the official contest reached its fiercest, the scheming Hao Shulu discovered that he too was being schemed against: a move he thought brilliant was countered, and he slid step by step toward a political quagmire that could ruin him. With competition for office as the main thread, the novel links real issues such as demolition disputes, public opinion assessments, cooperation with investigations, environmental pollution and crisis management, media spin and the recommendation of officials. It depicts both the advance and retreat, attack and defense of officialdom and people's hesitation, compromise and loss of control before power. The author Wang Wanfu worked for years in the discipline inspection system, and his meetings, conversations, official documents and personnel operations have a distinctly insider feel. The book advances not through sensationalism but through details close to reality, showing the real human hearts and costs beneath the black gauze cap.

Editor's review

2010 年末，《乌纱》在书市悄然走红，与《侯卫东官场笔记》《芝麻官悟语》一道，被视为当年官场文学热的代表作品之一。它最特别的地方在作者：汪宛夫是一名在浙江省纪委工作二十余年的纪检干部，周一至周五处理单位事务，周末则把自己关进书房写小说，一年能写出两部。这样的身份与写作方式，让《乌纱》里的内容显得格外“懂行”。书中写人事博弈，不靠离奇布局，而靠一次民意测评、一次配合办案、一次推荐干部、一场舆论风波的细节堆叠，把“权力是怎么一步步挪动位置”的过程摆到台面上。孔孟章与郝束鹿这一对竞争者，一个能干急于证明自己，一个老练擅长借力；当算计者反被算计，读者看到的就不只是官场斗法，而是欲望如何反噬算计者本身。小说另一层价值，是把拆迁、环保、突发事件应对等贴近现实的议题编进情节，让人读故事的同时，看到基层治理的真实难处。若你想读一部长在现实土壤里、而非悬浮于套路之上的官场小说，这本体量不大、密度不低的《乌纱》值得一读。

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Reading tips

  1. 先理清孔孟章与郝束鹿两条人物线，再看职位竞争如何交织；
  2. 把书中拆迁、环保、舆情等事件与现实新闻对照阅读，收获更实；
  3. 适合分章节慢读，注意每章标题其实就是一个事件线索；
  4. 读后可对照《国色》《机关滋味》等汪宛夫作品，看其取材与笔法变化。

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. Plump Breasts and Full Hips
  2. Political Climate
  3. Demolition Dispute
  4. Innocent Love
  5. The Mayor's Cousin
  6. Public Opinion Assessment
  7. Cooperating With the Investigation
  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 Officials
  15. A Steamy Diary
  16. Media Spin
  17. A 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. The Rat Suckling the Cat
  24. The Mantis Stalks the Cicada
  25. The Lesson of the Greedy Beetle

FAQ

《乌纱》的作者汪宛夫是什么身份？ 汪宛夫是浙江建德人，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，长期在浙江省纪委工作，著有《机关干部》《机关滋味》《纪委干部》《骗官》《国色》等长篇小说，其中《机关滋味》被称为“中国十大经典反腐小说”。
《乌纱》和西风紧的《乌纱》是同一本书吗？ 不是。网络作家西风紧也有一部名为《乌纱》的明朝背景历史架空小说。本页介绍的是汪宛夫创作、珠海出版社 2010 年出版的官场小说《乌纱》，ISBN 为 9787545304480。
这本书和《国色》有什么关系？ 据出版方宣传，《乌纱》被称为汪宛夫《国色》的“第二季”，两书共享岭西省的官场背景与部分人物（如省委副书记洪息烽），但《乌纱》围绕省委副书记落马后的职位竞争展开独立故事，可单独阅读。
《乌纱》讲的主要是哪个层级的官场？ 故事集中在省级与地市一级：由常务副省长这一空缺职位引发竞争，涉及省委副书记、市委书记、市长等角色，属于省级与地厅级互动的官场生态描写。
这本书有多少章、篇幅如何？ 根据图书馆书目信息，珠海出版社 2010 年版约 285 页，正文分为二十五章，章名从“丰乳肥臀”到“蝜蝂之鉴”，单本容量适中，一般几天内可读完。

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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.