Golden Rose Series---There is also the spirit

Author: Zhu Zhenglin
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This collection is a revised and reprinted edition of the book "Neither Wind nor Rain." However, for some reason, I have always deeply regretted that almost none of my friends received the copies I gifted. Therefore, taking this opportunity of the reedition, I made substantial adjustments and revisions to the original book. Only a small number of articles from the original were retained, while a large number of new works were added. The purpose of doing this was to create a new book, cutting off all unpleasant memories from the past. Of course, changing the title of the book became a natural consequence. Although it is composed of a new book, it does not show any new structure. It remains disorganized and pieced together. Moreover, due to the expanded time span of writing, the intentions and contexts of the writings varied more, making the content of this collection even more. Fortunately, I remain the same as ever, and in this rapidly changing world, I belong to the slower category of change. Therefore, readers may or may not be able to discern a "unity of essence" from these writings of mine. The title of the book was chosen according to a certain precedent, based on the title of one of the articles in the collection. If one insists on asking why this particular article was chosen over others, my answer is that there is a sentence at the end of that article: "Yes, there is still the spirit. Sometimes this is truly an embarrassing fact." If it were not for this fact, I am afraid I would have long put down this already quite leisurely pen of mine.