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While many websites will say that the story starts in the 1890's, it must take place after the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 because the barber offers to cut off Wang-Lung's braid in Chapter One, something that was illegal under Qing law. The end of the novel, then, takes place in about 1930-1940's.

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