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One of the biggest hindrances preventing the development of Chinese society is the corruption that is deeply rooted in every corner of society. So called 'anti-corruption novels' that reveal and criticize corruption have appeared in abundance after 1990. One of the representative authors of these anti-corruption novels is Yuewen Wang. He became the leader of such authors by publishing Guohua. This research studies the essence and the character of Chinese people's desire revealed in a specific time and place called Jingzhou by analyzing the main character Huaijing Zhu. It also looks at the real aspect and implied meaning of the desire shown in Chinese society by understanding the whole process of how the desire controls, restricts and pushes their lives to a tragic end. The research is ordered as follows. First I briefly introduce Yuewen Wang and Guohua, next, look at Chinese society in the period the desire expanded, and then analyze Huaijing Zhu's desire for sex and power to understand the implied meaning behind it. Lastly, I study the characteristics of the desire expressed by Chinese people during the period by examining the meaning of the tragic end brought by Huaijing Zhu's pursuit of his desire.