Ba's tragedy can be divided into the death tragedy of individual life, the death tragedy of individual character and the collapse tragedy of the whole family. Behind the author's description of the tragedy of death is hatred of the old system, love of life and pursuit of the beauty of life.

In the late period and after the Anti-Japanese War, Ba Jin's creation turned to criticize the dark reality in the Kuomintang-controlled areas and strongly criticized and attacked the old system that was about to collapse. The novella with artistic characteristics and the novel < The Fourth Ward > are masterpieces in this respect. The author was completely depressed and created Cold Night, a movement against the Kuomintang reactionaries. Show us not only the individual tragedy, but also the tragedy of the whole era ~ ~ ~