The background of Ba Jin's 'Home'.
The Writing Setting of Home According to Ba Jin, what he wanted to write should be the history of the general feudal family. This was his motive for writing "Home". " Home " was also written by Ba Jin under the encouragement of his brother Li Yaomei. In July 1929, Li Yaomei came to Shanghai from Sichuan to visit Ba Jin. She talked about all kinds of things in the family, angry and distressed. Ba Jin told him to write a novel about the life of a big family and the unfortunate encounters of the young men and women in the family. The eldest brother immediately expressed his support and then wrote a letter of encouragement." I agree with you. I like it very much. I bow to you now." This greatly encouraged Ba Jin, and he made up his mind to write Home. He did not live up to the ardent expectations of his big brother, who had loved him the most and loved me the most in his life. He wanted his big brother to be freed from the heavy feudal shackles as soon as possible." After reading my novel, he might wake up and resolutely take a new path." The Torrent Trilogy The first part of the torrent trilogy, Home It was the representative work of the author and occupied an extremely important position in the history of modern Chinese literature. In May 1933, it was first published in Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore. Home described the love story of the three brothers of the Gao family. Gao Juehui and his maid Mingfeng constituted the first tragic event, while Gao Juexin, Qian Meifen and Ruijue constituted the other two tragic events. Their misfortunes were directly or indirectly linked to the Gao family's grandfather. While describing the love tragedy of the young generation, the work also revealed the root cause of this tragedy--the inevitable decline of the feudal family. Under the influence of the new trend of thought of the May 4th Movement, Gao Juehui actively participated in the student movement and founded magazines. He was very disgusted with the various corrupt phenomena in the family under the cover of morality and etiquette. His grandfather, Old Master Gao, was the tyrant of the family. He arranged the marriages of his children and grandchildren, causing the tragedies of Meifen, Mingfeng, Ruijue, and Juexin. Juehui was dissatisfied with his eldest brother Juexin's " bowing doctrine " and actively supported his second brother Juemin's resistance to marriage. In the end, when the symbol of this feudal family, the old man Gao, died, Juehui resolutely left home and rushed to a new life.