Tian Yuan: The American "Tiger Cubs" Staying in China

Author: Zhang Ning / Yu Min
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Throughout one's life, people pursue happiness and perfection. However, as Su Dongpo once said, "In life, there are joys and sorrows, separations and reunions; the moon has its bright and dark phases—such things have never been complete since ancient times." Although I disagree with the notion that "a person's fate is predetermined by heaven," I also acknowledge that human affairs are bound by (fate). I do not believe in the cycle of karma or the idea of retribution in this world, but I do believe in the principle of "reap what you sow"—"plant melons and you'll get melons; plant beans and you'll get beans."
Heavenly Fate—The American "Tiger Cub" Left in China lacks grandeur, lacks captivating literary flair, and lacks excessive sentimentality. However, what it records is undeniably true history, true people, and true stories. I sincerely present to readers a heartwarming family composed of a Chinese couple and an American child, along with their decades of joys and sorrows. There is no embellishment, no artificiality, no exaggerated self-pity—this alone is enough.