Thoughts and Musings

Author: Ba Jin
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Publish Date: 2005-10-01
Features: The "Author's Edition" of Ba Jin's Random Thoughts is a collection of all 5 volumes of Random Thoughts. Ba Jin confronts the disaster brought by the "Cultural Revolution" and the distortion of his own character. He is willing to use authentic writing to fill the spiritual void that once appeared. In his later years, he finally wrote this great book that has had a profound impact on contemporary China, fulfilling the historical responsibility of an intellectual and reaching the final peak of literature and thought. Moral repentance, viewing the "Cultural Revolution" from a global perspective, and advocating the establishment of a "Cultural Revolution" museum are the three most important contributions of Random Thoughts to the history of contemporary thought. The Author's Edition of Random Thoughts also includes over a dozen historical photographs of Ba Jin from different periods, with exquisite and solemn design that blends the gravity of history and the depth of culture.
Ba Jin confronts the disaster brought by the "Cultural Revolution" and the distortion of his own character. He is willing to use authentic writing to fill the spiritual void that once appeared. In his later years, he finally wrote Random Thoughts, a book that has had a profound impact on contemporary China, fulfilling the historical responsibility of an intellectual and reaching the final peak of literature and thought. Random Thoughts is truly a great book. It is the result of Ba Jin's whole life experience poured into its creation. Without the pursuit of beautiful ideals, the pursuit of a perfect character, and a highly serious historical attitude, the elderly Ba Jin would not have dared to begin writing. In Random Thoughts, he painfully recalls; in Random Thoughts, he deeply reflects; in Random Thoughts, he renews the pursuits of his youth; in Random Thoughts, he completes the shaping of a true character.