Reading Ren Sheng's long historical novel "Silk Road", its gripping plot and superb handling of characters give people a sense of documentary novels, and they can't help but feel awe for this young writer.
The novel describes the experiences and trade routes of businessmen in various countries, and it is a literary work that comprehensively reflects the Silk Road at present. The Silk Road is divided into the land Silk Road and the maritime Silk Road, and the Datang Western Region Market is also an important part of the Silk Road. It is from these three aspects that the novel is narrated. The story of the little people reflects the hardships and ups and downs of businessmen in various countries on the Silk Road through the interaction between the little people and poets in the Tang Dynasty, the royal family and the three capitals and nine streams.
The world's major businessmen do business together, which embodies the harmony and harmony between countries. This article starts with Cao Ye, the mysterious "foreign daughter-in-law" of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty. The story is tortuous and fascinating. Cao Ye, the daughter of a Swedish businessman, was adopted by Cao Ashin, a Sogdian businessman. She spent a painful and happy childhood in the western market of Tang Dynasty, and later came to the palace to become the "foreign daughter-in-law" of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty. Lu Jiaxi, a businessman in Chang 'an, is brave, virtuous and helpful, constantly overcoming difficulties and creating business myths. Suriye is a cartoon character who is good at cross-dressing female voices, but he is selfish and greedy. With the help and supervision of Liu Jiaxi and others, he has entered a normal business life. Cao Ashin is a Sogdian businessman and a wizard in business. He was in the same boat with Liu Jiaxi and others. He resisted market risks and did business on the Silk Road by land, sea and air, which earned him huge commercial profits. The figure composition is comprehensive, and the major businessmen in various countries have a representative figure, including the big food businessman, the Daqin businessman, the Jewish businessman and so on.
The novel fully shows good and evil, beauty and ugliness. In the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian set out from Chang 'an to the Western Regions, which opened the overland Silk Road between China and Central Asia, South Asia and Europe. Soft and gorgeous silk, mellow tea, exquisite porcelain and other products with China characteristics have entered the upper class in Europe. High prices and huge profits have prompted businessmen from Central Asia, South Asia and Europe to come to China. The overland Silk Road mainly describes the hardships of Han and Hu merchants in doing business from Chang 'an to Rome. Businessmen from all over the world help each other, overcome difficulties and make maximum profits. The Maritime Silk Road mainly tells that Shaanxi merchants and Hu merchants were blocked by land during the Anshi Rebellion, and goods such as silk and porcelain were sold to Sicily, Italy by sea, and Sicily became the end of the Maritime Silk Road. In the Tang Dynasty, the prosperous Chang 'an was open and tolerant, and foreign officials, businessmen, monks, missionaries, overseas students and scholars came to China with different purposes. The Tang government set up a guest service department to receive and manage foreign guests and expatriates. In the eyes of China people, these foreign businessmen with high noses and blue eyes all look alike, so it is difficult to distinguish them. Suoxing called them Hu merchants. They live together in peace, which is reflected in the novel, which fully embodies the harmony of nations and races and the gradual blending of international cultures.
The Han nationality is a farming nation, and has looked down on businessmen since ancient times, thinking that "there is no business without rape". However, with the arrival of Hu merchants, a large number of Chang 'an merchants saw business opportunities and transported China's silk, porcelain, tea and other commodities to Yumenguan. Some of them went abroad to buy luxury goods such as jewelry, ivory, rhinoceros horn, stained glass, tortoiseshell and spices from Central Asia, Persia and big food countries. This book will play a positive role in the respect, love and integration of enterprises everywhere.
This book carries forward the main theme, expresses positive thoughts, has a high literary level, a touching plot, embodies international characteristics and can influence the fighting spirit of contemporary people. Through literary works, restore the true historical features of the Silk Road and spread the positive energy of hard struggle and national unity. After the novel was published, it aroused a strong response from the society, and the voice of praise was endless. I hope the author can create more such positive works.