Blue Dragon and White Snake
Blue Dragon and White Snake by Jings Chen, published by Partridge Publishing on December 16, 2014, is a work of fiction that explores the tumultuous period of the late 1940s in China and the subsequent years in Taiwan. Spanning 470 pages, the narrative follows Lieutenant General Ho Pei-fu, who, after the withdrawal of KMT soldiers into Indochina, encounters a Eurasian beauty who becomes his seventh concubine. As the General’s influence wanes, the story delves into themes of power, fortune, and the complexities of human relationships against a backdrop of historical events.
Readers will find a richly woven tale that intertwines imagination with elements of historical fact, legends, and unverified rumors. The narrative captures the essence of life during a time marked by military rule and societal challenges, particularly the ‘White Terror’ period in Taiwan from 1949 to 1988. Through the experiences of Ho Pei-fu and his concubine, Black Rose, the book examines the interplay of power, sex, and ambition in a world where survival often comes at a cost. Blue Dragon and White Snake invites readers to reflect on the darker aspects of human nature and the relentless pursuit of status and wealth.
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When war fire was burning over Chinese mainland around 1948 to 1949, tons of KMT soldiers forced to withdraw into Indochina; Lieutenant General Ho Pei-fu was the vice commander of the saying military corp; During that couple of years surviving in Vietnam, he met an Euroasian beauty hooker who became his seventh concubine after the troops returned and settled down on Taiwan Island in early1953. The General’s power faded and finally lost it but he still could go on maintaining his fortune also influence through his long time founded traitional Chinese black and white networks while the young high class hooker Black Rose also took advantage to use her mobster philosophy to run out of concubine birdcage and step by step rose herself into North American business jungle… Blue Dragon and White Snake is a fictionous story formed by author’s immaginations also basing on that old time’s somehow facts, legends or unproofed rumers; the old time had been gone but people used to repeat their shits to presure empty fame, sex and money through power and blood; Life is a whore at the end…….. During 1949 up to 1988 Taiwan had been under military marshal law ruling and the term ‘White Terror’ used to mentioned along those years…..
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