The Great Flowing River written by Chi Pang-yuan is one of the representative works in the boom of writing memoirs in the new century of Taiwan, which has been acclaimed as a true and impressive record of the suffering and struggle of the Chinese people in the 20th century by readers and critics since its publication. By means of The Great Flowing River, the article studies the nostalgia of a generation represented by Chi Pang-yuan, and how it spans the history and turns into a positive force.