This book comprehensively and profoundly reflects the characteristics of the times when the feudal society florished and declined. What t describes is not a love story, it is a tragedy of love and marriage and marriage between young feudal aristocrats. Thenovel centers on this love and marriage tragedy, and writes about the rise and fall of four representative families of Jia, Wang, Shi and Xue at that time. It also centers on Jia's house, exposing all kinds of darkness and evil in the later period of feudal society. And its insurmountable inherent contradictions made a powerful criticism of the decadent feudal ruling class and the fedual system that was about to collapse.