Monument

The protagonist of the novel, Tang Shi, is the director of the Municipal Party History Office in a county-level city. He has served in the military and attended university. His military career has cultivated his perseverance and uprightness, while the scholarly disposition of a literati makes him prone to taking things seriously and adhering to fixed principles. The fusion of these two traits presents us with a somewhat unconventional sense of righteousness in officialdom... In the novel, the dedication and hard work of Tang Shi, the director of the Party History Office, intertwine with the magnificent waves of party history. Following in Tang Shi's footsteps, we witness one magnificent scene after another of revolutionary heroism in party history, as if also beholding historical monuments that embody the soul of our nation. The novel tells us that those who study party history are the very ones who forge these national monuments.