四世同堂

Four Generations under One Roof is one of the most important novels in modern Chinese literature history, also the crowning achievement of Lao She in lifetime literary creation. Taking the life of four generations of Qi Family living in the Xiaoyangjuan Hutong, Beijing as the main line, the novel tells the miserable sufferings and arduous struggles of Peking people in the occupied area during the Anti-Japanese War and vividly depicts the process of Peking people changing from the confusion and living in humiliation to gradually awakening and resisting under the cruel rule of Japanese invaders. It sharply satirizes the capitulators playing the jackal to the tiger and epically shows and praises Chinese people's patriotic spirit, faithful and noble national integrity. The novel is a 'pain history' and 'anger history' written with the blood of Chinese nation and the writers, also an immortal classic in modern Chinese literature history.