"Smoke Clouds in Jinghua" is a novel written in English by Lin Yutang when he lived in Paris from August 1938 to August 1939, imitating the structure of "A Dream of Red Mansions", and dedicated to "heroic Chinese soldiers". From the Boxer Rebellion in 1901 to the Anti-Japanese War for more than 30 years, the three major families of Yao and Niu have been pessimistic about separation and reunion and grudges, showing a panoramic view of the changing historical features of modern Chinese society. In 1975, Lin Yutang was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for this book.
"Peking Clouds" is a novel written in English by Lin Yutang from August 1938 to August 1939 when he was living in Paris. It is dedicated to "Heroic Chinese Soldiers". Jinghua Yanyun is the title of Zhang Zhenyu's book after translating it into Chinese, and there are also translations that translate this book as "Instant Jinghua". Lin Yutang originally planned to translate "A Dream of Red Mansions" into English to introduce it to Western readers, but could not translate it for some reason. After that, he decided to write a novel based on the structure of "A Dream of Red Mansions", so he wrote "Jinghua Yanyun".
"Smoke Clouds in Jinghua" tells the story of the joys and sorrows and grievances and grievances of the three major families of Zeng, Yao and Niu in Peiping from the Boxer Rebellion in 1901 to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Warlord separatism, the May 4th Movement, the March 18th Massacre, the "Yusi School" and the "Modern Critic School", the "Left-leaning" of youth, and the outbreak of World War II, all of which provide a panoramic view of the changing historical landscape of modern Chinese society.