When Yang Mo was young, she came into contact with some revolutionary comrades who had received Marxist–Leninist education and therefore hated the dark decayed of her family.
Suffering from years of hard war also led to her frailty and illness, but she preserved with tenacity and wrote the first draft of Song of Youth during 1950–1952.
Lin Daojing is born into a large landowning family, her father is a university principal who has fame and wealth.
Lin Daojing's adoptive mother forces her to marry Hu Mengan, a chief of public security in Beiping.
Lin Daojing is so angry that she tries to commit suicide by jumping into the sea, but is saved by Yu Yongze, a university student.
Lin Daojing then participate all sorts of revolutionary activities, but because of insufficiency experience and the rebellion of Dai Yu within the party, she is kidnapped by Hu Mengan.
Jiang Hua is a communist, he guides Lin Daojing to go deep into the countryside, organize the people and turn revolutionary ideals into practical action.
During this time, Jiang Hua also returns to Beiping and announces the death sentence of the traitor Dai Yu on behalf of the CCP.
Lin Daojing gets together with Jiang Hua and all the progressive youth, these revolutionary fighters continue to dedicate themselves to the revolution.
The paths they take are varied due to their different class origins, different attitude toward life, and their diverse ideologies.
After heavy physical torture and severe test death, she finally grows into a proletarian pioneer fighter.
[7] Song of Youth was well-received both domestically and overseas and it was repeatedly re-published with circulation exceeding 5 million copies.