In Song of Eternal Sorrow, Wang Anyi repeatedly describes the eternal passing time in the transformation of light and darkness, with something nihilistic, which makes the text reveal a smoky earthly feeling, which also lays the emotional tone of the novel.

The selfishness, cowardice, lewdness and hypocrisy of the male characters in Song of Eternal Sorrow make women's life experience ups and downs. In this novel, the author denies that women's fantasy depends on men and love to change their destiny. How should women change their destiny? The author did not give a definite answer, but obviously, a woman's fate must be in her own hands, and it is only a wishful but unrealistic fantasy for a woman to rely on a man to change her fate. Nevertheless, the author did not make the women in his novels condescend to despise men, but he did not severely condemn men. On the contrary, he expressed his tolerance and understanding of male choices with a peaceful mind. A harmonious family is established by equality between men and women, and it is wrong to criticize blindly. Therefore, Wang Anyi shows sympathy and understanding in plot design and the behavior of male characters, and also shows her unique understanding of the relationship between men and women in society.

Practical significance:

Wang Anyi tells stories with a flat and sympathetic attitude. Since her creation, she has been constantly innovating and studying the writing skills and forms of novels. She has been engaged in the creation of scar literature, educated youth literature and root-seeking literature, but her creative theme is mainly the life of educated youth in rural areas. Although the subject matter is single, she has achieved something. However, the novel Song of Eternal Sorrow in the 1990s tells the history of Shanghai with huge space construction, time flow and rich character activities.

Selected from Baidu Encyclopedia Song of Eternal Sorrow (Wang Anyi's novel)

In fact, my personal suggestion is that it is far from enough to see its meaning from other people's understanding. You need to understand the novel slowly to understand its true meaning.

Extension:

Song of Eternal Sorrow is one of the representative works of Wang Anyi, a famous contemporary female writer in China. It was published in 1995 Zhongshan magazine, won the fifth Mao Dun Literature Award and was selected as one of the top 100 China novels in the 20th century. In this book, a woman's 40 years of love and affection, written with exquisite and gorgeous pens, is also intertwined with the vicissitudes of Shanghai from the 1940s to the 1990s. Women living in Shanghai's alleys are trapped in countless ideals, disillusionment, agitation and resentment. Their pursuit of love and their success or failure are unfolding before our eyes in turn. Wang Anyi's seemingly plain but humorous style shows people and cities in the changing times by telling trivial details in life, which is known as "modern Shanghai epic".

Contemporary writer Wang Anyi. Originally from Tongan County, Fujian Province, I was born in Nanjing in 1954 and moved to Shanghai with my mother in 1955. Literary works were published in 1976. He is currently a professor of Chinese Department of Fudan University, vice chairman of Chinese Writers Association and chairman of Shanghai Writers Association.

He is the author of Rain, sasha vujacic, Time flies, Xiaobaozhuang, Love in a Small Town, Love in a Barren Mountain, Love in a Splendid Valley, Altar, Uncle's Story, Junior High School Students in 1969, People in the Old Road of the Yellow River, and