Contemporary Classics: Chinese Prose

Author: Jia Pingwa
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Things in the world are always in pairs with development. After mentioning prosperity and flourishing, we must also speak of refining and selecting the essence. Nowadays, the population is so large that it cannot be planned for, with queues on the streets and overcrowding in trains. Therefore, the Personnel Department is busy searching for talent. Talent is innate, it is the elite, but it is like gold in the sand—it needs to be panned, washed, and refined. This year marks the 13th anniversary of Meiwen magazine. Thirteen is considered an unlucky number in Western cultures, but to me, it is auspicious. One of Meiwen's editorial departments is located on the 13th floor of a building. This year, everything has gone smoothly, and the magazine's circulation has also made significant progress.
Meiwen began publishing selected collections of its best works in its fifth year of publication. In recent years, more collections have been published, and the readers' enthusiastic responses have brought us great comfort. This year, publishers have placed high regard on Meiwen, even publishing a series of books called Contemporary Reading Classics. This praise is too high for Meiwen to accept, as we dare not claim to be classics. However, from another perspective, a name is not just a symbol but also a way of conveying a wish. In small families, parents often give their children grandiose names, and we dare to adopt such a title for this series because we have a deep reverence for classics.
This series is mainly selected from the works published by Meiwen over its 13 years of existence. To reduce repetition with other selections, at the publisher's suggestion, some additional articles have also been included. We hereby inform the readers of this.