Spirit Whip

Author: Feng Jicai
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Publish Date: 2003-02-01
Features: In the literary life of Feng Jicai, The Divine Whip can be considered a "vintage piece," marking a deep footprint for Feng Jicai in his transition from "scars literature" to "cultural novels." Eighteen years after Laughing at the World, it still receives the favor of publishers. The novel's standalone edition features a particularly interesting promotional slogan: "A divine whip, swung for eighteen years, still divine; A unique book, read by hundreds of millions, all know the foolish second." The book also includes multiple old photographs related to Tianjin, accompanied by text in an illustrated format. Feng Jicai's 1990 painting Kangxi's Old Paper Painting the Divine Whip serves as the cover, depicting the exaggeratedly dark and thicka of the foolish second, adding an aura of divinity to the novel.