Fate in Tears and Laughter/啼笑因缘

<p>Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School & Representative Bestsellers of Republican China</p><p>鸳鸯蝴蝶派代表作品</p><p></p><p>The novel The Causes and Conditions of Tears and Laughter is Zhang Henshui's representative work. The book adopts a love pattern of one man and three women as the core structure of the story reflecting a dark and turbulent social aspect during the rule of the Beiyang warlords through the tragic love story between Hangzhou youth Fan Jiashu living in Beijing and Tianqiao singer Shen Fengxi. It has not only caused strong reactions among the old readers of traditional episodic novels; And it also amazed the new literary and artistic circles at that time and even discussed why The Cause and Effect of Tears and Laughter had such great charm and how widely it was circulated.</p><p>长篇小说《啼笑因缘》是张恨水的代表作。该书采用一男三女的爱情模式为故事的核心结构，通过旅居北京的杭州青年樊家树与天桥卖唱姑娘沈凤喜的恋爱悲剧，反映了北洋军阀统治时期黑暗、动乱的一个社会侧面。它不仅在旧派章回小说的老读者群众，引起强烈反响;而且还使当时的新文艺界惊异不止，甚至还讨论过《啼笑因缘》何以有如此大的魅力，流传得如何广泛。</p>