Abstract: The novel The Life is one of Lu Yao s masterpieces. The writer created an unique world in his novel The Life, and placed his ideal and hope there. The writer hoped that the conventional virtue of our nation should be inherited, in any case, as the essence of our morality forever. Morality, the spirit and soul of a nation, will exist eternally throughout the long process of history of mankind because it is the pre-requisite for the existence and development of a country and a nation. If someone tries to break away f...

Key words: conventionalmorality, materialcivilization, moderncivilization, literarycommentary