Affects my fifty-six beautiful articles

Author: Wang Meng
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This is a very personal selection, reflecting my reading experience, my childhood, youth, and adulthood, my preferences, and even the variousities of my reading: preconceptions, the right mood while reading, the special context of reading, and so on. I did not intend to compile a selection of classical prose for the general public; that should be done differently, taking into account historical consensus and readers' needs, not being too subjective. What I have done this time is to introduce to the public what kind of prose a certain Wang person has read, more accurately, what he has encountered and loved. — Wang Meng
The Chinese language, especially its characters, is one that delves into aesthetics, emphasizes association, and values spirituality and divinity. In these times, where are the truly good articles? Can the public still recognize good articles? Especially when there are no universally recognized good articles? Under such circumstances, reflecting on the masterpieces and exquisite phrases of our country's outstanding ancient scholars, carefully arranging, refining words and meaning, thinking outside the box, working meticulously, musing over words, and playing with them will bring us a knowing smile.