正红旗下

Lao She was a banner person, belonging to the ""Red Banner"" of the ""Manchurian eight banners"", and this is the origin of the title of this book -- ""Beneath the Red Banner"". Lao She was born in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when the society is turbulent and the people lived in destitution. Seeing the Qing Dynasty on the decline, children of the ""Eight Banners"" who were used to living in affluence were also struggling for existence... With the rise of the Boxer and the arrival of foreigners, Beijing people's quiet life is broken, and each character is vividly portrayed by Lao She: the honest father, the kind shopkeeper Wang, the tart and mean aunt, the smart and capable Fuhai Second Brother, the self-important pastor Niu... In the turbulent history, these Qing-dynasty people head for a different fate...