Jiao Yulu

Plot Synopsis

Jiao Yulu, a public servant of the people, had a legendary experience that was little known. His hometown was located at the junction of Henan and Shandong, where Confucius and Mencius, the two sages, were born. Nurtured by traditional Chinese culture, it formed the fixed context for the birth of this son of the land. Jiao Yulu embodied the most typical spirit of traditional Chinese culture. Fate had inflicted countless hardships on Jiao Yulu. He lost his father when he was young, was imprisoned, did hard labor in coal pits, left his hometown, and suffered the bullying of Japanese invaders and the oppression of the rich...