Abstract:On the construction of the country gentlemens image, the novel One Hundred Years of Insolitude carves a new path that differs from the ones that focus on praising or reflecting on the revolutionary culture and class struggle. It places this group at the nexus of the family, the country and the nation to explore the multifacetness, core values and fate of this special group of people. In delving the main characters insistence of morality in the vicissitude of history, the novel detailedly demonstrates the country gentlemens personality and nobility. Meanwhile, it also fully illustrates the everyday life in the country, and therefore achieves the depth in aesthetic connotation and the width in explorations on the realm of life.