Bai Jin's Autobiography

Author: Li Hui
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Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Features: The Elephant Character Autobiography Series. This series is quite different from the "Elephant Character Focus Series." In the "Focus Series," the person being described is an objective object, allowing the author to adopt their own stance and perspective to gaze at and scan, then narrate in a relatively free manner. In such a situation, the author's subjective color inevitably determines the narrative angle and language, so the person they focus on is often just their "that one" object in their heart, rather than the complete truth of the person. Added to this, the limited length of the series means that the life of the described person, their rich and varied aspects, cannot be fully presented. Now, the "Elephant Character Autobiography Series" will make up for this shortcoming. In this series, the chosen figures are no longer objects of others' focus and scanning, but the protagonists narrating their own lives to the readers. Compared to the "Focus Series," it may make readers feel closer. Because, it can be read as a personalized historical text, and also becomes a more valuable cultural text outside of the textbook.