The Golden Family/金粉世家（第一部）

<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 Golden Family (《金粉世家》) is set in Beijing during the early Republican era under the Beiyang Government. Through the tragic love story between Jin Yanxi the son of a prime minister and Leng Qingqiu a talented but impoverished scholar the novel depicts the rise and fall of the wealthy Jin family. Masterfully portraying the transition from opulence to disillusionment it has been acclaimed as the Republican-era Dream of the Red Chamber.</p><p>《金粉世家》以民国初年北洋政府时期的北京为背景，通过总理之子金燕西与寒门才女冷清秋的爱情悲剧，展现豪门金家的兴衰史。全书写尽繁华与幻灭，被誉为「民国版《红楼梦》」。</p><p></p><p>The novel is set against the backdrop of the feudal family of Jin Quan the Prime Minister of the Beiyang Warlord Cabinet. The main plot revolves around the marriage between Jin Yanxi the son of Jin Quan and a commoner woman named Leng Qingqiu from love and marriage to falling out and divorcing. It exposes the empty and decadent spiritual world and life of feudal bureaucrats and their wives concubines and children and depicts a vivid history of rise and fall for the aristocracy. The novel consists of 112 chapters interspersed with the life stories of over 20 characters from the Jin family. The colors are magnificent and scattered without disorder. The novel story is light hearted and lively with a melancholic tone and a strong sense of leisure combining readability and literary quality.</p><p>小说以北洋军阀内阁总理金铨封建大家族为背景，以金铨之子金燕西与平民女子冷清秋由恋爱、结婚到反目、离异的婚姻为主线，揭露了封建官僚及其妻妾子女空虚、堕落的精神世界和没落腐朽的生活，为豪门贵族描写了一部活生生的兴衰史。小说全书112回，穿插金家20多个人物的生活故事，色彩瑰丽，散而不乱。小说故事轻松热闹，情调伤感，消闲意味浓厚，集可读性与文学性于一身。</p>