Wang Xiaobo's " Silver Age " was a literary novel that talked about the family, marriage, morality, culture and other issues in modern society, as well as the complexity and variety of human nature. The protagonist of the novel, Li Hongzhi, experienced many conflicts and challenges in his family. His relationship with his wife was tense, and his relationship with his son was not harmonious. Li Hongzhi himself was also a complicated person. He had both profound cultural cultivation and strong anti-traditional ideas. He faced various challenges and contradictions in his family and society. The Silver Age mainly wanted to express the complexity and variety of human nature, as well as the moral and ethical issues in modern society. Through the story of Li Hongzhi's family, the novel explored the problems of marriage, family, morality, culture and so on. It reflected people's different views and values on these problems and showed the richness and variety of human nature. At the same time, the novel also raised some social problems and thoughts such as cultural tyranny, abuse of power, etc., in order to arouse the readers 'attention and thinking about society.