Glamour and Suffering -- My Life in All Its Flavors

Author: Jiang Qixin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: From the "genius of the age" in a Jiangnan town to the "information tycoon" dominating the business world, Jiang Qixin reflects on her life journey with a profound pen. The vicissitudes of business, romance, and literary pursuits, like floating smoke, reveal a and legendary life. Her experiences unveil a long-forgotten history, the grand narrative of an ordinary person, and the struggles and pains of existence endured by a cultural figure. When I heard her sing the line "How often does the path to success seem effortless? From a performer to a female student" in gratitude for Fan Jiashu, a sudden tenderness for the fair sex arose within me. After this blow, I saw through the complexities of human affairs, lost all hope, and longed only for death. When I heard "Revoke the original judgment, declare innocence," tears streamed down my eyes like a gushing spring, and I bowed deeply in gratitude. The judge shook my hand and said, "We have wronged you for 20 years. We should apologize to you." In business, romance, and literary pursuits, how many past memories remain? The love of parents, spouses, and children—are the true sentiments of humanity. This is an extraordinary autobiography of an ordinary person. With an irresistible sincerity, the author records her bittersweet life: In the 1940s, she ventured alone into Shanghai, witnessing the ups and downs of the bustling foreign concessions, the fleeting joys and sorrows—business, romance, literary pursuits, all like floating smoke. In the 1950s, she was wrongfully labeled a "rightist" for two articles and endured 20 years of suffering, crying in a of pain, stubbornly resisting fate—parents' love, spouses' love, children's love—are the true sentiments of humanity.