旧巷斜阳上 (Old Alley in the Setting Sun Part I)

最福鸳鸯天荒寻佳迹，有情离别旧巷剩斜阳。贫苦女璞纛，为冀潘亩夹桶一双幼子，以欢天喜地做了女招待。邂逅王小二，日久生情，但却陷入情义两难之境地。随盾，膏夫独出走，情人忍痛离别，璞王更是陷于地狱般的生活"轮回"沦落风坐，痛失爱乎，虽与王小二煮逢，但终难R首......生活所赐，惟有孤！一部20世纪社会言情小说的巅峰之作。一个被誉为"五百年来无此奇"的"文坛怪杰"(沙大风语)，"造指之深，远在张恨水之上"(郑振铎语)，其人抱不世之才华，"应与兰陵笑笑生、曹雪芹相颉"其小说中之社会，"牛渚燃犀，无幽不见"，其人物"无不呼之欲出，如在目前"，其情节"无不波澜起伏，意趣横生"，真可谓"腕有鬼而笔有神"。(The most blessed mandarin ducks find a better habitat, and there is only setting sun left after sentiment beings leave.A poor woman Pu Dao bore two babies for Pan Mu in Shanxi, and serves as a waitress joyfully.After encountering Wang Xiao'er, she falls in love with him, but is caught in a situation of dilemma of the feelings between the husband and the wife.After that, her husband leaves alone, and the couple reluctantly part. Pu and Wang are also trapped in a hellish life "reincarnation". Although they get together, it is ultimately hard for them to live together till old age. This is life, and what she gets is only loneliness finally!This is a pinnacle of social and loving fiction in the 20th century.He is hailed as the "geek of the literary world", a "miraculous person that can't be found in the past 500 years" (commented by Sha Dafeng). "He has far higher attainments than Zhang Henshui" (quotation of Zheng Zhenduo). He has extraordinary talents and "is comparable to Lan Lingxiao and Cao Xueqin"; For society in his novels, "he sees through clearly crafty and evil persons, and is perceptive of cryptostructural change"; the characters are "vividly portrayed and lifelike"; the plots are "with one climax following another, and replete with humor. Its works are written as if with a magic pen.)