Academic river on a wicker boat

Author: Wu Haifa
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: I write without aiming for obscurity or pretentiousness. Instead, I hold onto the material, ground my arguments, be factual, and express myself clearly. I speak only as much as I have evidence for; of course, I don’t forget to add a touch of humor to the writing. What this book offers to readers first and foremost is the author’s precious documents. Second, it contains my reflections on the academic predecessors. Third, it includes the essay "Rereading Lu Xun’s Obstructing Xu Daofu’s Relocation to Hangzhou." It should also be noted that one essay in the collection discusses Qian Zhongshu’s use of classical Chinese in his writing. I believe some people’s arguments on this topic are a bit far-fetched, so I offered a preliminary discussion and included it here, hoping to spark further debate.