正红旗下

Beneath the Red Banner is Lao She's masterpiece and a truly great contemporary literary masterpiece. Lao She is a banner man and belongs to the Red Banner of the Eight Banners of Manchuria. This is why this autobiographical novel got its name. Beneath the Red Banner is based on the Beijing society in the late Qing Dynasty. Lao She wrote from his birth. It was the last year of the Qing Dynasty when the society was turbulent and people's livelihood was withered. The little characters in the novel are vivid: the honest father, the kind and upright Shopkeeper Wang, the caustic aunt, the clever and capable brother Fuhai... They all have different destinies in the turbulent historical torrent...