Emotional reasoning

Author: Jiang Hua
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: The female authors of this series deliberately avoided texts with obvious feminist tendencies, seeking only the shortest path to reach the heart. The six women included in the collection have each experienced the daily lives and inner turmoil shaped by the grand events of the 20th century. They were immersed in these times, breathing in unison. That answer, I could not turn back. Once delving into each soul, the collective is hidden. What you face is no longer mere group nature. Those memories, the unconscious, the instincts, those acquired qualities, personalities, or even sacrifices—what you face are simply individuals. The images are independent of the authors' existence, brought to life. Yet they also pertain to naming. In the act of "kneading earth," it also conceals enlightenment, or an awakening in a cultural and intellectual movement. Creating a person is a process of giving life, but it is also a process of influencing the future through the creation of this person. Educated women are not content with being spoken about and directly participate in public affairs through their writings. They are dissatisfied with public affairs merely serving as descriptions of external appearances and undertake a cultural effort to break free from linguistic habits, providing a historical and realistic reference for the individual souls within them. The six women gathered here are but a drop in the ocean. They have bravely touched upon and exhibited various aspects of the female spirit. Amid the broader cultural critique, they do not stop at theory but quietly practice. Their creations are not based on the biases of gender rights struggles. They have abandoned the two poles of gender theory and returned to experience, to the individual, to authenticity. Thus, only then can that tunnel be unobstructed as it rushes toward the heart. The book is in the form of essays, covering topics from ancient to modern times, analyzing Chinese and foreign literature, humanities works, and researching women's emotions. Articles include "Love and Life," "Enjoying Leisure," and "Emotions in Address" and others.