Dignity of ordinary women

Author: Shu Wu
Publisher: Shanghai Shudian Press
Brief Introduction:
This book is a collection of articles written by the author Shu Wu after 2000. It contains 250,000 characters and is divided into seven parts. The first part discusses topics related to women, covering both real-life women and fictional women in literature, and can be considered a sequel to Lament for Women. The author aims to speak for women, discussing many hardships and humiliations that women are reluctant to voice, as well as the hidden desires and malevolent intentions toward women. The second part focuses on the brothers Lu Xun and Zhou Zuoren. As the twin pillars of modern Chinese literature and having experienced a rift that defined their lives, they remain a subject of study for scholars. This part includes both studies of their ideologies and explorations of their personal relationships. The third part discusses five Tang Dynasty poets (Gao Shi,岑参, Li Bai, Du Fu, and Meng Haoran). The poems of Li Bai and Du Fu have been celebrated for millennia and remain a focus of Chinese scholars. Gao Shi and 岑参 are renowned for their "moral integrity," having both served on the frontier and are considered representative figures in frontier poetry. Meng Haoran is celebrated as a pastoral poet alongside Wang Wei. These five are considered the epitome of Tang poetry. The fourth part recalls the author's teachers and friends. Having entered the world at an early age and learned from many mentors, this part heartfeltly remembers figures such as Nie Gongnu, Zhang Youlan, Wu Yao, Chen Erdong, Bie Shenzhi, Qi Gong, and Zhou Shaoliang. The fifth part consists of memories of the author's life, primarily focusing on his experiences as a reader. The sixth part includes prefaces and reviews, while the seventh part is a collection of miscellaneous essays.
Author Biography: Shu Wu, whose birth name is Fang Guan, is a male native of Tongcheng, Anhui, born in 1922. He has served as a professor at Guilin Normal College (later renamed Nanning Normal College), principal of Nanning Middle School, a senior editor at the People's Literature Publishing House, and a senior editor at the journal Social Sciences in China published by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He has published specialized essay collections such as A Dream in Dreams (later renamed Dreaming of the Red Chamber), The Right and Wrong of Zhou Zuoren, Returning to the May Fourth Movement, and Lament for Women.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Yuebing · Li Fengjie
Why Can’t I Be Afraid?
On “Monks Can Do It, but I Can’t?”
Another Interpretation of the Words of Zhu Wen’s Wife
Supplementary Explanations
When Will We Break Free from the Circle of淫心杀意?
Women Trapped in the Chain of Cause and Effect
A Supplement to Ming Shi: Five Elements Chronicle
Lament for Women – A Post-Recovery Note
Save the Children
Women’s Plight – A Post-Recovery Note
What Is the “Virgin Complex”?
A Young Woman’s Life and Death – A Foreword
Yuebing · Li Fengjie
Why Can’t I Be Afraid?
On “Monks Can Do It, but I Can’t?”
Another Interpretation of the Words of Zhu Wen’s Wife
Supplementary Explanations
When Will We Break Free from the Circle of淫心杀意?
Women Trapped in the Chain of Cause and Effect
A Supplement to Ming Shi: Five Elements Chronicle
Lament for Women – A Post-Recovery Note
Save the Children
Women’s Plight – A Post-Recovery Note
What Is the “Virgin Complex”?
A Young Woman’s Life and Death
Questioning the “Biological Basis”
The Dignity of Ordinary Women
Hymn to the Saintly Women
Gender Identity and Tastes – A Letter to Ms. Li Ling
A Role Model of Respect for Husbands
Naked Women as a Shield
Are You Underestimating It?
About My Annotations on the Manuscript of Lu Xun’s What Happened After Nora Left
Brief Defense of “Causing Harm”
Lu Xun’s Purchase and Reading of Zhou Zuoren’s Works
Afterword to Zhou Yuanshi’s Kunfu Zhou’s Poems
Zhou Yushuai and Zhou Zuoren – Written in Response to the Invitation of Autobiography of the Zhou Family of Autumn Lake
The Prophet Tirzah and Lily Elber
Punctuation and Essay Style
Supplement to the “Disaster of Arabic Numerals”
A Microscope for Examining Essay Ills
It’s Not Easy to Clarify a Detail – Wu Ruyun’s Acceptance of the Position of Chief Instructor at Peking University
Forgetting Our Roots
A Word on Han Yu’s Dreaming of the Red Chamber
Annotations for Mr. Zhou Ruchang
Miscellaneous Notes from Bijinglou
About the Beginning of Record of the Zaju Hall and More
About the “Neighbor Who Hears Through the Wall”
Is “Kang Nansheng, also known as Nanhai” Correct?
The Kind of Book Called “A Complete Set of Thirteen Classics Annotations”