Love's eyes

Author: (American) Wang Dingjun
Publisher:
Publishing Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The edition of "The Lover's Eyes" was released in 1970, with the contract signed in the reception room of the second television company in Taiwan. Although my tenure at the television company was short, it gave me the opportunity to observe the direction of Taiwanese culture. Taiwan was weaving brocade and embroidery, building pavilions with neon lights. Those eyes, after watching six hours of color television a day, scanned the bookstores. To capture those gazes, even essays had to be colorful and fashionable to be in vogue. The story of how "The Lover's Eyes" came to be has been mentioned above. Yun Chuxiu, though well-intentioned, with delicate fingers and long-drawn brows, was entirely outside the plan. It was not conceived with any thought of how it would exist. Over the past decade or so, it has fortunately not been drowned in the vast sea of books, and this, of course, is a testament to the readers' open-mindedness. To be honest, this cold river snow drawn with words should have been hung in a gallery with a "Not for Sale" sign. Like mountain spring water, flowing gently, it doesn’t know whose courtyard or pond it will flow to, nor who it can cleanse of worldly desires or reveal an unbiased, interesting face. Daling once renamed this book "Love Talk," but I was unaware of it. Now, Daling has returned the copyright to the author. Whether titled "The Lover's Eyes" or "Love Talk," the book will no longer be printed. The author has seized this opportunity to revise it, removing a few essays and adding lyrical sketches written after 1970. The title remains "The Lover's Eyes," but the content has undergone significant changes. After all the hardships, it is still my favorite book. Although "loveless suffering is not as bitter as loving suffering," but "why was loveless born into this world?" May we look at life with a heart full of compassion, see moved, see enlightenment, see resonance, and see hope!
The edition of "The Lover's Eyes" was released in 1970, with the contract signed in the reception room of the second television company in Taiwan. Although my tenure at the television company was short, it gave me the opportunity to observe the direction of Taiwanese culture. Taiwan was weaving brocade and embroidery, building pavilions with neon lights. Those eyes, after watching six hours of color television a day, scanned the bookstores. To capture those gazes, even essays had to be colorful and fashionable to be in vogue. The story of how "The Lover's Eyes" came to be has been mentioned above. Yun Chuxiu, though well-intentioned, with delicate fingers and long-drawn brows, was entirely outside the plan. It was not conceived with any thought of how it would exist. Over the past decade or so, it has fortunately not been drowned in the vast sea of books, and this, of course, is a testament to the readers' open-mindedness. To be honest, this cold river snow drawn with words should have been hung in a gallery with a "Not for Sale" sign. Like mountain spring water, flowing gently, it doesn’t know whose courtyard or pond it will flow to, nor who it can cleanse of worldly desires or reveal an unbiased, interesting face. Daling once renamed this book "Love Talk," but I was unaware of it. Now, Daling has returned the copyright to the author. Whether titled "The Lover's Eyes" or "Love Talk," the book will no longer be printed. The author has seized this opportunity to revise it, removing a few essays and adding lyrical sketches written after 1970. The title remains "The Lover's Eyes," but the content has undergone significant changes. After all the hardships, it is still my favorite book. Although "loveless suffering is not as bitter as loving suffering," but "why was loveless born into this world?" May we look at life with a heart full of compassion, see moved, see enlightenment, see resonance, and see hope!