About Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged

Fortress Besieged was a classic work of modern Chinese literature. The novel was first published in 1934 and has been translated into many different versions. The novel described the local customs and social contradictions of Chinese cities in the 1920s from the perspective of a Beijing citizen. The story was about an ordinary person who was besieged by a city, facing the inner contradictions and struggles of social reality and love. Through the description of the protagonist Fang Hongjian's emotional entanglement with his girlfriend Su Wenwan and his interactions with the people around him, the novel revealed the various ills of Chinese society and the complexity of human nature at that time. Fortress Besieged, with its profound thoughts and unique artistic style, became a classic of modern Chinese literature and was widely praised and influenced. It was also regarded as one of the representative works of modern Chinese literature, which had a profound impact on the development of modern Chinese literature and the study of modern Chinese culture.