Childhood Memories

Author: De Ling
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: My father's last concern was still with me. He didn't want me to come near him and then tell me to leave, because he wanted to relieve my suffering, as he always had. He didn't want me to know that he was going to die. My father had no religious beliefs. But if I were to leave this world one day, I hope to be with him. I have always trusted him unchangingly, because wherever he was, there was no pain, no sorrow, no worry, no separation.
This book records the author's experiences from the age of four or five until about ten years before she entered the Qing court. During this period, her father was sent as an envoy to Japan and France, and she accompanied him abroad. Through the eyes of a child, the author presents the social conditions of Japan and France during the late Qing Dynasty, as well as her observations and experiences abroad, reflecting indirectly on some aspects of the late Qing political situation.