Song of Youth (¿¿¿¿), first published in 1958, is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Yang Mo (¿¿), a contemporary Chinese writer. The novel is based on Yang Mo's personal experiences and touches numerous social issues that occurred during the Japanese invasion of China in the 1930s. Song of Youth has a vivid plot and truly touching characters. With the student movement as the background, through the growth story of the main character, Lin Daojing (¿¿¿), a classic narrative of revolutionary history is constructed. Lin Daojing is a high school student in Beiping (¿¿, former name of Beijing). She was born in a rich family of property owners. Her father was the president of the university and her biological mother (daughter of a farmer) died early. Daojing grew up under the cold eyes of her adoptive mother Xu Fengying (¿¿¿) and tasted the bitterness of lovelessness. Before Daojing could even graduate from the high school, her father fled away with a concubine. Subsequently, Daojing's adoptive mother tried forcing her to marry Beiping Public Security Director (¿¿¿¿¿¿) Hu Meng'an (¿¿¿). Daojing refused to follow, and had no choice but to run away from home. So Daojing left overnight. When Daojing left home, her luggage had nothing but musical instruments. People looked at the girl with this strange student appearance. Later, Dao Jing was arrested and imprisoned. She was tortured in prison. Finally, what happened to Daojing? Had she ever enjoyed a peaceful life? Read on... This novel is an excellent achievement in the works of students and intellectuals, and provides great educational values.
The book has 10 chapters in the following order:Chapter 1: Lin Daojing was forced to jump into the sea (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 2: Lin Daojing and Yu Yongze (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 3: Lin Daojing and the revolution (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 4: Lin Daojing participates in the parade (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 5: Lu Jiachuan was killed in prison (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 6: Lin Daojing and Yu Yongze parting ways (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 7: Lin Daojing was arrested (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 8: Lin Daojing's Revolutionary Movement in Dingxian (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 9: Education in prison (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)Chapter 10: Formally becoming a Communist (¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿)
The current book volume, China's Great Contemporary Literature 3, is a Level 5 Chinese reading practice book. It would introduce you to the famous Chinese novel Song of Youth (¿¿¿¿). The new volume in China's Great Contemporary Literature (¿¿¿¿¿¿, ¿¿¿, simplified edition) includes both the Chinese text (simplified characters) and pinyin Romanization. With over 1000 unique Chinese characters, the volume would be suitable for the beginners, lower intermediate and advanced level Chinese language learners (HSK 1-6). Overall, the reading series offers you a variety of elementary level books (Level 1/2/3/4/5/6) to understand China as well as practice Chinese reading fast.