Beijing Fayuan Temple

Author: Li Ao
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Beijing Foyou Temple is one of the novels written by the author during his imprisonment as a political prisoner. The book features major figures as its protagonists, and all important themes such as life and death, ghosts and gods, monks and laypeople, entering and exiting, officials and hermits, court and society, homeland and nation, rulers and subjects, loyalty and treachery, barbarians and Chinese, China and the outside world, strength and weakness, self and others, collective and individual, public and private, emotion and reason, constancy and change, departure and retention, cause and effect, and benefiting the world are all discussed. It strongly expresses ideas, and the content is naturally rare. Beijing Foyou Temple is intentionally "breaking the mold" in terms of its theory of fiction in some aspects. In some places, it does not emphasize past or modern fiction theories, as it has no intention of becoming a tedious novel like Imperial Secret History, nor does it wish to become a trendy technique-driven novel. Therefore, it highlights what others overlook and overlooks what others highlight, spending little effort on what needs to be quickly "crossed" and boldly developing what needs to be emphasized, without avoiding the prophecy of One Man's Speech by George Bernard Shaw. The book features major figures as its protagonists, and all important themes such as life and death, ghosts and gods, monks and laypeople, entering and exiting, officials and hermits, court and society, homeland and nation, rulers and subjects, loyalty and treachery, barbarians and Chinese, China and the outside world, strength and weakness, self and others, collective and individual, public and private, emotion and reason, constancy and change, departure and retention, cause and effect, and benefiting the world are all discussed. It strongly expresses ideas, and the content is naturally rare.