Sky window

Author: Zhong Shuhe
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Publish Date: 2004-10-01
Features: Learning to open windows and bring light and vitality into dark and enclosed caves is indeed a technological creation and a leap forward in civilization, marking an important step in the transformation from monkeys to humans. When reading this book, one must be particularly cautious—since the author's references and insights may hide profound meanings. The ancients said, "Only with great wisdom can one write great works." The author of this book said, "Essays should be diverse, prose should be scattered, and sketches should be." This book is the author's new work of the past year, consisting of 57 pieces. Though short in length, diverse, scattered, and, it is filled with profound knowledge, captivating reasoning, and insights that illuminate the ordinary. As Huang Chang once said, the author is skilled in writing. One could also say that his writing is enjoyable. In "A Joke from the Taihang Mountains," the opening line reads: "China has many mountains, and many people. If asked which mountain is most familiar to the entire nation, it would undoubtedly be the Taihang Mountains. Because those who have read the 'Three Classics' in 'Daily Readings' know that there is a Taihang Mountain blocking the way, and their task is to 'dig the mountain every day without stopping' in the hope of 'moving the mountain with divine intervention.'" The ending states: "The Taihang Mountains still stand firmly on the vast land of China, while God, as Nietzsche said, has 'died.' Mountains are originally immovable and unshakable. Moving mountains and filling seas are merely dreams, especially since no one has ever really dug even a single shovelful."