"The Family", symbolizing the feudal order, is the metaphor and representation of Chinese cultural spirit structure and values orientation. The "saga" stands for the outstanding achievements of Ba Jin, which established his important standing in the literature history. The works like "The 'Torrents'Trilogy", aiming at enlightenment, inherited the theme of "criticism against national character" to wage the profound epic description. Ba Jin greatly widened the domain of the "saga", in whose novels with the theme "anti-feudalism" a series of vivid images are portrayed, the colorful artistic pictures being displayed. He pursued the "true" feelings in terms of art, mainly featuring the directly expressing feelings, whose works greatly influenced the creation of "saga" afterwards.
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