In the fragrance of rice and tea, I finished reading the book The Golden Cangue, written by Eileen Chang (zhāng ài líng). When I was young, I always enjoyed reading and eating the same time. My father never liked that. He thought it was very bad to my stomach and digestion. Maybe in another world, he is still worried about me right now.
曹七巧是整个故事的主人公。乱点的鸳鸯谱让她嫁入豪门，但先生是一个病秧子。出生平常人家的七巧与夫家的人格格不入，让要强的她感到处处受冷落。人情的冷暖，人世的变迁，最终将她的性格打造得乖张冷漠，那阴冷得生毒的心又毁掉了她的一对儿女。
Cáo Qīqiǎo is the main role of the book. The mismatched arranged marriage takes her into a big rich family. But her husband is always deeply sick. Growing up in an ordinary family, Cáo Qīqiǎo is never really accepted by her husband's family. Her heart becomes cold, hard and twisted after all the up and down in her life. The poison of hatred ruins her life and then the life of her son and daughter.
那个社会，那样的家庭 -- 阴冷
That society, that family --- cold and dark
生活在里面的人们 -- 乖张
The people who live in it -- surly
尚存一丝美好向往的心灵 -- 愤怒
The mind who still pursuits happiness -- filled with anger
故事的结尾 -- 死一样的沉寂
End of the story -- dead silence
在网上查查相关的信息，才发现这个故事已经有很多不同的艺术再现形式。
After I searched the Internet, I found that the story has been on stage in different art forms.
京剧形式： Beijing Opera
电视连续剧：（总共22集，2004年上映） TV series ( 22 episodes, premiered in 2004)
网上在线阅读《金锁记》
Read the book online
中文维基百科上关于《金锁记》的介绍。
About this book on Wikipedia in Chinese
About the author, Eileen Chang (zhāng ài líng ) on Wikipedia
