Mind Path: The Fate of Conscience

Author: Yang Xun
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: A life memoir by a renowned professor from Peking University, the inner story of a Chinese intellectual woman who has endured countless hardships and tribulations, an authentic record of the life journey of modern intellectuals, and a true historical account. At the age of over seventy, Professor Yang Xun, a distinguished economist from Peking University and one of the founders of agricultural economics in contemporary China, spent several years meticulously writing this book. It tells of his growth from the child of a revolutionary family to a young intellectual in the new China, the misfortunes he suffered during the "Anti-Rightist Movement" and the "Cultural Revolution," his firsthand experience in rural economic reforms alongside Wan Li during the early days of the reform and opening-up, his joys and concerns after the market economy was established, and a detailed portrayal of the thorny path of an intellectual's heart. It is a deeply moving, thought-provoking, and reflective read.