"Thunderstorm" is written in chronological order. The text focuses on two families, eight characters, and thirty years of grievances. The hypocritical capitalist Zhou Puyuan, the innocent young man Zhou Chong influenced by new ideas, and the woman Fanyi who was driven crazy by an indifferent family and wounded by love. While describing family conflicts and entanglements, and denounced the decadence and stubbornness of feudal families, it also reflects deeper social and contemporary issues.

About the author

The author of "Thunderstorm" is Cao Yu. This is a drama written by him and published in "Literary Quarterly" in July 1934. Cao Yu was born in a declining feudal bureaucratic family. He is an outstanding modern dramatist in China. His representative works include "Thunderstorm", "Sunrise", "The Wilderness", etc.

As one of the pioneers of China’s New Culture Movement, Cao Yu is as famous as Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin and Lao She. Cao Yu's debut work "Thunderstorm" is of great significance in the history of modern Chinese drama. It is recognized as a symbol of the maturity of modern Chinese drama. Mr. Cao Yu is also known as the "Shakespeare of the East".

The main content of "Thunderstorm"

"Thunderstorm" shows the sins of the old family through the entanglement of two families, eight characters, and 30 years ago in Zhou and Lu. The story unfolds intricate contradictions with the hypocritical capital Jin Zhou Puyuan as the core. He had two children with his maid Lu Shiping and then abandoned her. Later, he married twice more and had a son, Zhou Chong, with his second wife, Fan Yinei. Shi Ping's son Zhou Ping and his younger brother Zhou Chong both loved Sifeng, the daughter of Shi Ping's remarriage. Sifeng, who was pregnant with Zhou Ping's child, learned that she and Zhou Ping were siblings and rushed into a thunderstorm. Unfortunately, she was electrocuted and died. Zhou Ping also pulled out a gun and committed suicide.