Years Flowing Like Water/似水流年

"""Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies School"" & Representative Bestsellers of Republican China鸳鸯蝴蝶派代表作品This poignant novel explores the timeless conflicts between familial bonds and material wealth, innocence and vanity, romantic love and physical desire, culminating in a journey of moral downfall and ultimate redemption. The author's pen name ""Hen Shui"" (literally ""Resentment Toward Water"") carries profound symbolism - by ""resenting water's ceaseless flow,"" he reminds himself to cherish time. This philosophy finds perfect embodiment in the protagonist's name Huang Xishi (""Cherish Time""), creating a deeply meaningful narrative framework that prompts profound reflection.《似水流年》又名《黄金时代》，讲述亲情与金钱，纯真与虚荣，爱情与肉体，堕落与悔悟的故事。作者取"恨水"二字为笔名，意在勉励自己珍惜光阴，"恨水"恰是为了"惜时"，而本书主人公的名字正是黄惜时，可谓寓意深远，发人深省。青年学生黄惜时对同乡女郎白行素一见钟情，赴京后又同校同班，暗生情愫。不久，黄惜时结识美艳的交际花米锦华，遂无视父亲的辛劳，冒充大少，挥霍无度，将白行素丢到脑后。最终，谎言戳破，黄惜时贫病交加，爱情、学业、事业都是一场空，他深感悔恨，发愤做了徒步旅行家。

• | Author: 张恨水
• | Publisher: China National Publications Import & Export C
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 330 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 750349932X
• | ISBN-13: 9787503499326