Discussion On The Writing About Alternative Capital In Zhang Henshui’s Novels

Zhang Henshui is one of the most favorite writers in the history of modernChinese popular novels. He has a strong sense of times, and is very concerned aboutthe country’s future and national destiny. Because of the Anti-Japanese War, ZhangHenshui was forced to move to Chongqing, and settled for eight years. So Chongqingbecame one of the main backgrounds in his writing. Although facing doubleconfusion in the loss of material and spirit, Zhang Henshui has had a positive literarycreation and created a lot of novels, for example "eighty-one dreams ","frost flower","demon’s world", and "shadows of Bashan night". In his novels, we can feel strongnational consciousness. Zhang Henshui criticized relentlessly the corruption of thegovernment; at the same time he created a lot of intellectuals who has strongpatriotism and national moral integrity. These intellectuals are also the mirror ofZhang Henshui’s own life.Zhang Henshui showed us an ugly world in his novels: the corruption, thecollusion between officers and businessmen, the struggling of the poor. TheIntellectual is one of the main character types in Zhang Henshui’s novels. During theperiod of the Anti-Japanese War, intellectuals not only faced crisis of material life,but also faced fierce mental sufferings. Their identities and status have reversed. Theydropped into the bottom of the social life, fell into the spiritual superior. In ZhangHenshui’s novels, we can see a lot of unique local imageries, such as mountains, rain,fog, and teahouse. These imageries in Zhang Henshui’s novels have become a seriesof symbolic signs, and they were also a metaphor for the dark social reality at thattime.Eight years of Chongqing life has produced an important influence on ZhangHenshui’s writing. It promoted the transformation of his artistic style, from theromantic love story to the care of reality survival life of the common people. Hisnovels in this period show a great concern for the common people, their feelings andtheir survival, cultural reflection and humanity.