Red and Black was published in France in 1831. The novel tells the story of a young man named Tiago Sarduk, who was born in a French aristocratic family. He grew up with various conflicts of ideas and social hardships, and eventually became a revolutionary. Tiago's father was a wealthy businessman, but he was forced to leave his family and live in the countryside after losing the battle for his father's inheritance. There, he met an older woman and developed feelings for her. However, he soon discovered that the woman was inextricably linked to the local bullies, and this relationship also made him have a deep doubt about social morality and ethics. Tiago eventually became a revolutionary. He joined the French revolution during the July Dynasty and participated in the resistance against the aristocratic society. However, his revolutionary actions were also opposed by the aristocratic society. Coupled with his own psychological problems, he finally chose to embark on the path of suicide. Red and Black depicted a society full of contradictions and conflicts, revealing the various problems of French society at that time. It used Tiago's experience as the main line to show the various phenomena of French society at that time through his perspective, including the hypocrisy of the aristocratic society, the ideals and beliefs of the corrupt revolutions, as well as the position and struggle of individuals in society.