From the past: Ten thousand people like the sea, one person hides

Author: Liu Lang
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: It’s been thirty years since I last saw Eileen Chang. Thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye. As a loyal reader of Eileen Chang, I’ve longed to see her new The Golden Cangue and Love in a Fallen City. – “The moon of thirty years ago has long,” I hope, “The story of thirty years ago isn’t yet over.” This is a collection of essays by famous people about other famous people. I’ve known Wu Zuoguang for 50 years, and in my heart, he is one of the most uniquely valuable figures in contemporary Chinese culture, even an almost miraculous one. I’m not referring to the widely recognized achievements he has made in dramatic writing, nor to his erudition and literary talent. I’m referring to him as a person, as a cultural figure, who has lived through such a unique historical environment in China, enduring continuous blows and humiliations in the political climate, yet somehow managed to preserve his own character, dignity, and the freedom of a cultural soul through sheer resilience. That truly is a miracle.