The reactionary government of the Party was guilty in Chongqing and Kuomintang-controlled areas at that time. Angrily accusing the dark rule of the Kuomintang reveals the historical fate of the inevitable collapse of this reactionary regime and the social system it represents.
The theory of "social tragedy" and "cultural tragedy" respectively reveal different aspects of the tragic connotation of Cold Night, but the tragic connotation of Cold Night is not single, but rich and complex. Apart from the social environment and the differences and even oppositions between Wang Mu and Shusheng in cultural values, the root of Wang Wenxuan's family tragedy lies in their own factors. The differences in values between Wang Mu and Shu Sheng are caused by their respective growth environment and education, and the almost endless irreconcilable contradictions between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Wang Wenxuan, the hero of the work, works as a proofreader in a semi-official and semi-commercial library. Under the rule of the Kuomintang, loyal and kind little intellectuals like Ba Shmagin were humiliated everywhere. He once had a beautiful ideal of devoting himself to the education of the motherland and a great desire to save the world, but he became timid and mediocre under the squeeze of real life during the Anti-Japanese War. He works hard honestly and never slacks off, but his salary is not high and his position is humble. He was strongly dissatisfied with the dark reality at that time, but he dared to speak out; He loves his mother, wife and son Xiao Xuan deeply, and often blames himself for not letting them live happily. He sacrificed everything that was precious when he was young, even his own will, for the position where he didn't have enough to eat and clothes to keep warm, and for the life that was neither dead nor alive. He "wants to live" and he "demands fairness", but he was not allowed to live or be fair in the old society. He is obsessed with his wife, but after all, he can't wait for her to come back and see him again.