Yu Dafu - A Night of Drunken Spring Wind

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: During the six months I spent living in Shanghai, I moved three times because of unemployment. Initially, I lived in a room on the south side of Jing'an Temple Road, like a birdcage that never saw the sun, a prison of freedom. The residents of these prisons of freedom, apart from a few vicious tailors like robbers and thieves, were all pitiful unknown writers. At that time, I gave that place the nickname "Yellow Grub Street" (1). After living in this Grub Street for a month, the rent suddenly increased, and I had no choice but to move a few worn books and move into a familiar inn near the racecourse. Later, I faced various pressures in this inn and had to move again. I then moved to the middle of Dunt Road on the north bank of Waibaidu Bridge, in the Xinyin Lane.