★ Winner of the People’s Literature Award, Zhu Ziqing Prose Award, and Mao Dun New Writer Award presents an inspiring tale of three young doctors growing amidst chaos!

★ Three youths from vastly different backgrounds navigate the roaring tides of the Shanghai Plague, the Anhui Flood, and the Wuchang Uprising, using their scalpels to demonstrate what it truly means to be a “great doctor”.

★ The courage of public healthcare doctors in the book—facing pandemics, disasters, and wars—and their rallying cry to “save lives, ensure survival, strengthen the nation, protect its people” remain deeply stirring even today!

This series consists of 2 books: "The Dawn" and "The Sunrise"

This is Ma Boyong’s brand-new historical novel published in 2022.

A great doctor is like a historian: with a healer’s compassion, they witness the turbulence of a grand era.

A young boy from Northeast China who narrowly escapes death in the Russo-Japanese War, a Cantonese lad working as an errand runner in the London Legation, and a wealthy Shanghai girl unwilling to settle for a life of comfort—these three young people, with different backgrounds, personalities, and experiences, cross paths at a critical moment in 1910 when they all step into the China Red Cross General Hospital, beginning their intertwined medical destinies.

As part of China’s first generation of public charity doctors, they carry responsibilities far heavier than those of ordinary physicians. Wherever there is an epidemic, they must go to treat it; wherever disaster strikes, they must rush to provide relief; wherever war breaks out, they must brave the crossfire to save lives. The Shanghai Plague, the Anhui Flood, the Wuchang Uprising—the turbulent landscape of the late Qing Dynasty ceaselessly shapes their fates. Supporting one another, they evolve from three naive and inexperienced youths into exceptional doctors, learning through each rescue effort what it truly means to be a “great doctor”.

Ma Boyong

A well-known contemporary Chinese writer and recipient of China's Science Fiction "Galaxy Award", People's Literature Award, Zhu Ziqing Prose Award and Mao Dun Newcomer Award. He is considered to be following the "literary tradition of historical writing since the 'May Fourth' Movement" and is committed to exploring "historical possibility novels". He is well-known for his historical fiction, and his writing is full of quirks, earning him the nickname "master of words" from readers.
His works often present unique perspectives and meticulous writing, revealing the touching human stories behind historical events and allowing readers to feel the charm of history.
Representative works: “The Great Doctor”, “The Fifteen-Day Miracle”, “The Undercurrent of the Ming Dynasty”, “The Longest Day in Chang’an”, “Mystery of Antiques‌”(1-4), “Secret of the Three Kingdoms”, “Wind from Longxi”, etc.

Volume I
Chapter 1: July 1904
Chapter 2: March 1910 (Part 1)
Chapter 3: March 1910 (Part 2)
Chapter 4: June 1910 (Part 1)
Chapter 5: June 1910 (Part 2)
Chapter 6: June 1910 (Part 3)
Chapter 7: October 1910 (Part 1)
Volume II
Chapter 8: October 1910 (Part 2)
Chapter 9: October 1911 (Part 1)
Chapter 10: October 1911 (Part 2)
Chapter 11: October 1911 (Part 3)
Chapter 12: November 1911 (Part 1)
Chapter 13: November 1911 (Part 2)
Chapter 14: November 1911 (Part 3)
Afterword