Ma Xiaoli 
Border of Two Opposing Powers 

The Border of Two Opposing Powers is written by an unknown army author. However, after reading this book, many people will be shocked by the depth of reality touched by the novel, and will also be affected by the heroism ideal and passion expressed in the novel. It’s no exaggeration to say that this book will be one of the masterpieces of contemporary military literature without shame, and it’s also one of the important achievements of novels in recent years. The Border of Two Opposing Powers is a novel with profound thought, which pays attention to the overall situation. Its surface is mainly about the real life of the army, but in fact, it almost touches on some major theoretical and practical problems that the Chinese revolution and construction have been facing for decades and have been exploring and solving, such as what is the Marxism we pursue, what is the fake spirit, what is the evaluation standard of a person’s and a collective’s combat effectiveness. It is the experience and lesson in the process of history, what are the ideals and beliefs we must adhere to and so on. The value of the novel is to integrate heroism, the greatness of justice, the complexity of life and the richness of art from different aspects of life. It dares to touch on the sharp problems in real life, but unlike some novels, when it comes to corruption, it hides the integrity; when it comes to injustice, it shakes the ideals and beliefs; and when it comes to petty people, it loses the heroic loftiness. In The Border of Two Opposing Powers, when seriously reflecting on the social and human problems, it has always been demonstrating the theme of heroism and lofty ideals, running through the heroic righteousness dedicated to the party, the country and the people, and has always appeared one or several heroes with different personalities, even though they are tragic heroes. At the same time, it is also a novel with the characteristics of the times, ideology and art. It is a novel with rich personality and charming structural language. It is a novel with strong appeal from the spirit of thought to artistic expression. It can also be said to be a literary work worth reading by the public servants.