张杰
This was the first work of Zhang jie in 1978, which was a stroy took place during the Cultural Revolution, it is a work of Scar literature. The Scar Literature was a literary phenomenon that dominated the literary scene in mainland China from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The story describes a touching story about a student who traveled thousands of miles to take an examination in the Central Conservatory of Music in order to fulfill his teacher's wishes, this teacher is one of the most talented musician in that period. The protagonisst, Sun Changning, is the son of a lumberjack. Although he lives in the forest, he has to be branded with "Scars" during the Cultural Revolution. With this novel, Zhang Jie wants to express the belief that art is one of the things that can sustain the human spirit during the Cultural Revolution, but only if the belief in art is honest and not evil.