Liang Shiqiu and Han Jingqing

Author: Ye Yonglie
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Publishing Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Liang Shiqiu was the "commander-in-chief" of Taiwan's literary scene. His Yashe Xipin had a wide-ranging impact. At the age of seventy-one, Liang Shiqiu and his first wife, Cheng Jishu, were temporarily living in the United States when a sudden accident took her life. Grieving deeply, Liang Shiqiu wrote the touching book Huayuan Mengyi. The owner of Taiwan's Far East Publishing House, a close friend of Liang Shiqiu, invited him to Taipei to relax under the guise of proofreading the book's manuscript. In Taipei, Liang Shiqiu unexpectedly met Han Jingqing, a singer twenty-eight years younger than him, and fell deeply in love—a legendary romance. Readers who were still immersed in tears over Huayuan Mengyi learned of Liang Shiqiu's late-life love and immediately sparked a "news storm." Liang Shiqiu's students even organized a "Guardian Corps" to strongly oppose their teacher's marriage. Liang Shiqiu and Han Jingqing's age-gap romance endured thirteen years of tests. The author of this book conducted multiple exclusive interviews with Liang Shiqiu's wife, Han Jingqing, using firsthand materials to write this ( means "" in Chinese, so it remains unchanged), which has been widely popular among readers. Taiwanese newspapers and magazines commented: "Liang Shiqiu's late-life love story should have been written by a Taiwanese author, but unexpectedly, Shanghai author Ye Yonglie took the lead. Taiwanese readers can only read about the story that happened in Taiwan through the pen of a Shanghai author!"
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