This book uses a bizarre feng shui scam as a starting point to unveil an absurd picture of folk society in the late Qing Dynasty. The wealthy Huang family, suspecting their ancestral graves' feng shui had been manipulated, suffers a series of misfortunes and falls into ruin. Meanwhile, the new generation manager of the Huang family's shop, Re Re, possesses business acumen and strives to change things, trying every means to get the Huang family's business back on track. Thus, charlatans, merchants, and street ruffians all appear, staging a farcical "fortune-changing" drama where truth and falsehood are indistinguishable. The work, employing a blend of reality and fiction, fuses yin and yang, the five elements, charlatanry, and human greed into a humorous yet thought-provoking narrative. Through the Huang family's rise and fall, it expresses profound reflections on traditional culture and human nature.
本书以一桩离奇的风水骗局为引, 揭开一幅清末民间社会的荒诞图景。富商黄家因怀疑祖坟风水遭人“算计”, 接连遭遇灾祸, 家道中落, 而黄家商铺的新一代管理人惹惹有经营头脑, 也力求改变, 想尽办法让黄家的生意重回正轨, 由此, 江湖术士、商贩走卒、市井无赖等纷纷登场, 上演了一出真假难辨的“改运”闹剧。作品以虚实交织的笔法, 将阴阳五行、江湖骗术与人性贪欲熔于一炉, 诙谐幽默又发人深省, 通过黄家的命运浮沉, 表现出对传统文化和人性的深思。
本书以一桩离奇的风水骗局为引, 揭开一幅清末民间社会的荒诞图景。富商黄家因怀疑祖坟风水遭人“算计”, 接连遭遇灾祸, 家道中落, 而黄家商铺的新一代管理人惹惹有经营头脑, 也力求改变, 想尽办法让黄家的生意重回正轨, 由此, 江湖术士、商贩走卒、市井无赖等纷纷登场, 上演了一出真假难辨的“改运”闹剧。作品以虚实交织的笔法, 将阴阳五行、江湖骗术与人性贪欲熔于一炉, 诙谐幽默又发人深省, 通过黄家的命运浮沉, 表现出对传统文化和人性的深思。
