Lao She 
Beneath the Red Banner 

Beneath the Red Banner is the posthumous work of Lao She”s unfinished autobiographical novel. The manuscript consists of eleven chapters and 164 pages. On August 24, 1966, Lao She sank in Taiping Lake, Beijing. This work and his life came to an abrupt end. Lao She is a banner man and belongs to the "Zhenghongqi" of the "Manchurian Eight Banners", which is also the origin of the title of the book. From the time Lao She was born, it was the last year of the Qing Dynasty when the society was turbulent and people”s livelihood was withered. Seeing the decline of the Qing Dynasty, the pampered Baqi Zidi are also struggling…With the rise of the Boxers and the arrival of foreigners, the peaceful life of the people in Beijing was broken. The characters came to life in Lao She”s writings: an honest father, a kind and upright treasurer, a bitter aunt, a smart and capable brother Fuhai, and an arrogant pastor Niu …These people of the Qing Dynasty who were living in the turbulent historical torrent have all moved towards different destinies…