Okay, here is the translation following your instructions: Notes on the Way: Second Collection of Lin Xingzhi's Writings

Author: Lin Xingzhi
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Ten years ago, the martial arts master Jin Yong wrote editorials for the Ming Pao with his profound historical and cultural wisdom, leading the trend and receiving widespread acclaim. Today, the pen of Lin Xingzhi at the Hong Kong-based publication, the Economic Information Daily, is regarded as essential reading by overseas intellectuals. Zhang Wu Chang praises the two great pens of Hong Kong newspapers over the past forty years as Qian Liangyong and Lin Xingzhi. He says, "Mr. Qian's writings are superb in both history and insight, using history to comment on politics, standing alone in the literary world. Lin Xingzhi, on the other hand, rarely uses history and relies more on theory, covering a wide range of topics with rich creativity. That is correct. Lin Shanshui's early works were straightforward and unambiguous, like a real knife and gun, clearing the field, but later he gradually softened his style, seeing the southern mountains, and added the sounds of water and trees beyond the mundane. In scientific creation, individual spirit ultimately dissolves in the pursuit of commonality and laws. But in artistic creation, it is an irreplaceable individual spirit. Without Newton, there would still have been a 'M' or '' to replace him, because the apple would still fall from the tree, and the law of universal gravitation would still be discovered. However, without Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, and Cao Xueqin, we might never have known that humanity could create immortal works like Mona Lisa, Hamlet, and Dream of the Red Chamber. The history of human culture is made up of irreplaceable individual spirits. The emergence of new geniuses does not diminish the brilliance of past masters. Just as Li Bai's brilliance does not overshadow Cao Xueqin's immortality, the appearance of Picasso does not diminish the value of Leonardo da Vinci.