Current Affairs Selections: Issue 3

Author: Wang Yuqiang
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: On a leisurely afternoon, during the twilight of sunset, with a cup of tea in hand, open the book. Watch familial love shine like a lamp, silently illuminating our tearful hearts; savor life as a chess game, maintaining a calm heart amidst the of life, watching clouds gather and disperse, flowers bloom and wither, as these beautiful Chinese characters, imbued with profound emotions in ordinary matters, flow through our minds like the passage of time. Perhaps, what we need is just this feeling. Reading is an enjoyment—enjoying the sunshine, its brightness; enjoying the air, its freshness; enjoying the depth of experience. Reading is a sentiment—attending to nature, yearning to listen, embracing life, delving into the heart. Reading is a happiness—small grass and towering trees in nature, joys and waves in humanity, all spark love, overflow with emotion, revealing smiles of comfort and the bitterness of sorrow. Zhuangzi’s transcendence, Tao Yuan’s seclusion, Yue Fei’s heroic spirit, Lu Yao’s perseverance—all will give you a clear, calm, abundant, and upward heart. Reading makes you like the wind, sweeping across mountains and rivers, the Yellow River, the Yellow Mountains, the Yangtze River, the Great Wall, and like the swallow, soaring over green, blue, and yellow homelands, indulging in Xishuangbanna and the Daxing’anling Mountains, listening to the Yarlung Tsangpo and the Himalayas. Open the door to wisdom and strength, and kiss the rose with fresh dew, exuding a faint fragrance! Embrace the life tree that sparkles with the fire of wisdom and brims with youthful vitality!