Wife and Children

This film (drama)Also known as妻室儿女，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2009Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.9(For reference only)。

Adapted from the novel "Caisangzi" by the famous writer Ye Guangqing. 　　Long TV series 　　"Caisangzi - Wife and Children" 　　Synopsis 　　The TV series "Wife and Children" tells the story of the family of Jin Zaiyuan, a member of the Qing royal family, in Beiping City, depicting their family's rise and fall throughout a century of Chinese history. It vividly shows the decline of this once prestigious family during the storm of the times, highlighting the struggles, choices, and resistances of Jin's fourteen children against the backdrop of historical tides. 　　The drama encapsulates a hundred years of China's modern turbulence. It portrays the complex mindset of former noble offspring who lived in luxury, swept along by the currents of time, reflecting the enormous changes and vicissitudes in Chinese society over the past century, and reflects the inheritance, rupture, and transformation of Chinese traditional culture amidst the historical turmoil. 　　During the Japanese occupation, in Beiping City, a charity performance featuring socialites opens the story. 　　The Jin family, known for their literary heritage, strives to maintain their composure in the chaotic times. The eldest daughter, Shun Jin, is devoted to her passion for traditional Peking opera, only to be married to the son of a police chief with a bandit background. The chief encourages Shun Jin to participate in the socialite performance in Beiping, where she meets Dong Ge, a mortuary worker who plays the erhu. Dong Ge uses the simplest of reasoning to help Shun Jin excel in the performance, gaining fame in the capital. However, the two secretly falling in love become tabloid news, forcing Dong Ge to leave town, and Shun Jin, resigned to her fate, marries the chief's son, who already has a German lover, and soon leaves this world in depression... 　　The second, third, and fourth sons of the Jin family all fall for the small star Huang Simi who performs civil operas. The three compete to impress her, even stealing and selling antiques from their home to win her favor. The infatuated second son borrows a gun from their poor relative Shun Fu to take Huang Simi hunting. When the truth comes out, the three brothers betray each other under their father's intimidation, leading to a rift among them. During the Cultural Revolution, they are forced to turn on one another, resulting in the second son ultimately hanging himself in anger. 　　The fifth son, Shun Chen, is renowned for his calligraphy and Peking opera but chooses to mock life and live as a beggar rather than as an aristocrat. Years later, his posthumous son Jin Rui discovers that the shabby bowl his father used while pretending to be a beggar is actually a priceless piece of Xuofu porcelain. To verify the bowl, Jin Rui approaches his uncle Shun Qi, only to be met with rejection as Shun Qi denies the bowl is the fifth son's personal property, leading Jin Rui to take his uncle to court in wrath... 　　The second daughter, Shun Mei, who was once Jin Zaiyuan's favorite, falls in love with Shen Duanfang, who lives next door to the Jin family. However, Shen Duanfang is not only the son of a political enemy but also the cause of Jin family’s misfortunes, having driven Jin Zaiyuan's grandmother to death through revenge. To pursue a free marriage, Shun Mei is cast out of her home, becoming an unerasable pain for Jin Zaiyuan. 　　The fourth daughter, Shun Tan, falls in love with Liao Shiji, the son of a distinguished construction family, as they share a passion for architecture and plan to study abroad together. However, the Japanese target Liao's family lumberyard, leading to Liao's father dying from grief. Liao Shiji has to drop out to work, while Shun Tan reluctantly travels alone to Germany. Upon her return, Liao Shiji has already married and started a family, leaving Shun Tan deeply affected by the changes and holding onto the memories of their childhood dreams... 　　The fifth daughter, Shun Ling, marries Wan Zhantai, the 29th grandson of the Taizu of Jin and lives comfortably, but Wan Zhantai, who is fond of Daoism and alchemy, inadvertently threatens the Jin family's lineage. Feeling disillusioned with her life, Shun Ling eventually understands the true meaning of life through her interactions with Wang Cun, a former cowherd and the commander of the liberated army, becoming the first in her family to dare suggest divorce. 　　The sixth son, Shun Zhen, was born with a deformity and tragically dies young. Their father often brings the seventh daughter, Ya Ya, to visit the widow of the court tailor, Xie Zian. In a rare display of normalcy, he personally handles every detail at the Xie household and shows immense affection for Shun Zhen. Their mother eventually grows suspicious and decisively dismantles Jin Zaiyuan's newfound freedom... 　　The eldest son, Shun Tu, who fled to Taiwan in fear years ago, is about to return. He became an influential figure in the KMT’s military intelligence after rebelling against the royal family, viewed as a “rebellious” element by the older generation. To secure his future, he killed his communist sister and stole the fiancée of the seventh son. His return causes a huge uproar in the family... 　　A brocade box that Jin Zaiyuan had hidden years ago accidentally appears in the lives of his descendants, and each person is filled with their own fantasies about this mysterious box. However, when the box is opened, they discover it contains the early haircuts of Jin Zaiyuan's thirteen children, a timeless expression of his fatherly love...