Transitional Era/过渡时代

"""Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School"" & Representative Bestsellers of Republican China

鸳鸯蝴蝶派代表作品

This book showcases the conflict and fusion of new and old ideas in the transitional era. Da Niu lives with her mother Gao Shi, but due to financial difficulties, she asked someone to find a job as a nude model in the school. Da Niu was favored by Professor Hu Dangren and poor student Ou Huaxian in school, and subsequently had contact with both of them. Min Zongliang was a juren in the Qing Dynasty and currently teaches in a middle school. He is dissatisfied with Da Niu's decision to become a model and has repeatedly advised her. Min Bugu, the son of Min Zongliang, was a proponent of new-style thinking. He returned to Beiping after his father cut off his economic source and fell in love with Da Niu. In order to make a living, Min Bugu once again stood on the conservative side in the school trend and became colleagues with his father. Min Zongliang also fell in love with Da Niu's mother, and the father and son changed their advocated ideas and etiquette at will due to their relationship and life, which was a phenomenon that occurred during the transitional period.

本书展现了过渡时代新、旧思想的冲突与融合。大妞与母亲高氏一起生活，因生活难以维持，因此托人找了一份在学堂里做裸体模特的工作。大妞在学堂中受到教授胡当仁和穷学生欧化先的喜欢，便先后与两人来往。闵宗良是清代举人，现在中学任教，他对大妞做模特一事不满，多次进行劝诫。闵宗良的儿子闵不古是主张新式思想的人，因其父亲断绝其经济来源而回到北平，与大妞互相喜欢。为了生活，闵不古在学校风潮中又站在了守旧的一方，与其父亲成为了同事。闵宗良也喜欢上了大妞的母亲，父子二人因为感情和生活对自己所主张的思想和礼法随意变更，这便是在过渡时代发生的现象。