There were many sources of inspiration for the novel, including but not limited to the following: 1. Personal experience and emotional experience, such as the protagonist's emotional entanglements, life experience, social class, etc. 2. social reality and social phenomena, such as political corruption, the gap between the rich and the poor, social class contradictions, etc. 3. History and myths and legends: For example, various myths and legends, historical events, historical figures, and so on. 4. Natural landscape and geographical features, such as natural scenery, mountains, oceans, deserts, etc. 5. Literature classics and genre, such as classical literature, modern literature, romantic literature, science fiction literature, etc. The source of inspiration for the creation of a novel was very wide.