Farewell My Concubine tells the life of the famous actress Cheng Dieyi in the pear garden. A person's life always contains many stories, including his miserable childhood, his pride when he became famous, his tortuous emotions, the historical changes he experienced, all kinds of people he met in his life, the absurdity and madness at the end of his life, and the death of Farewell My Concubine with fatalism.

Cheng Dieyi's childhood was like a joke played by God. His mother was a young kiln worker, but she left him to Cheng Dieyi for no reason. But his mother can't support him and give him a bright future. In desperation, she can only ask the head of the troupe, who also belongs to the gluttonous society, to take Cheng Dieyi in and share life and death without regrets. But God played another joke and gave Cheng Dieyi six fingers instead of the meal. In desperation, his mother cut off his six fingers on a snowy day and gave him to the monitor.

Just like all children who study drama, they need to practice and hang their voices every day. Cheng Dieyi is a talented person, but he must play the role of Nv Jiao E hand-picked by the monitor. From initial rejection to final acceptance. Cheng Dieyi's psychology has changed. Is he a boy or a girl? In addition, after singing for an old eunuch, Cheng Dieyi became more suspicious of his gender.

Because of the change of his inner role, Cheng Dieyi achieved great success, but it was followed by others' strange eyes and rejection of his brother's love. Cheng Dieyi and his brother have been singing Farewell My Concubine all their lives. He sincerely thinks that he is a real concubine, and he also needs a bully to protect him.

His brother's refusal made him accept the courtship of male amateurs. Two lonely people snuggled together to keep warm, and Cheng Dieyi temporarily realized the freedom of life. However, no matter how carefully you live, you can't stop the progress and development of history. War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation followed. Although Cheng Dieyi is only a singer, he can't escape the burden of history.

Cheng Dieyi is a little woman at heart. She thought she had nothing to do with these histories, but she didn't realize that she was already a part of them. He can't get rid of history any more than he can get rid of fate. After a complete break with his brother, his life collapsed and his hope was gone.

In Farewell My Concubine, I finally chose the way of concubine's death. He is just a player, and he doesn't want to bear so many historical burdens. So he chose to commit suicide, just like the concubine he sang countless times. But at this moment, he finally doesn't have to worry about the contempt of the world. He really made a concubine and made his life comfortable once.