Zhang Henshui 
Diamond Dust Aristocratic Family 

Diamond Dust Aristocratic Family is the first work of Zhang Henshui”s novel to get out of the mandarin duck and butterfly school. It is also his first popular giant system with modern significance. The novel is based on the marriage tragedy of the seventh youngest master of the state of the capital Jin Yanxi and a woman from a poor background. It focuses on the depiction of the decaying process of the giant eunuch. It is neither a simple exposure nor indulge in the rendering of a splendid life. It is different from ordinary popular works. In the story, it tries to explore the understanding of society and life. It is full of a kind of moral ideal, and the sadness caused by this kind of moral ideal being ruthlessly destroyed by reality. The meticulous description of the characters in the book, the beginning of the flashback, and the semi-open end of the million-character novel are all beyond the general pattern of chapter novels, but are connected with new literary works. As a novel that expresses a big family, Diamond Dust Aristocratic Family is not only compared with Dream of Red Mansions by critics, but also with Ba Jin”s Family in parallel.