Yuming Collection

Author: Lu Gusu
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: This book collects a portion of the non-academic articles published by Mr. Lu Gusu, including book reviews, contemporary commentaries, personal observations, and prefaces. For the sake of "keeping the license," several speeches, letters, and diary entries are also included. As he was an English teacher, two short English essays were selected as well. The book is a compilation of the author's academic briefs, book reviews, nostalgic writings, and miscellaneous thoughts accumulated over the years. The entire work is divided into eight sections: "Shakespearean gleanings," "Random thoughts from leisure reading," "Exploring the secrets of Western languages," "Nostalgic memories," "Reminiscences of teachers and friends," "Self-narration," "Mundane musings," and "Notes from America." With his profound and solid command of both Chinese and foreign languages, as well as his keen and upright perspective, the author examines and comments on a series of academic, humanistic, social, and related issues, reflecting the intellectual refinement and moral integrity of a true scholar.