Documentary and fiction

Author: Wang Anyi
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Publish Date: 1993-06-01
Features: I (the author) use a cross-cutting narrative structure to alternate between these two fictional worlds. I fabricate my own history, viewing it as my vertical relationship, which is a life-natured relationship and a vast undertaking. Suddenly, I arrive in the ancient northern Gobi, full of heroic vigor. To have my bloodline venerate me, I cautiously yet recklessly cross dynasties, surviving countless dangers. I also fabricate my own society, treating it as my horizontal relationship, which is a life-oriented relationship and a perplexing undertaking. I still adopt the () method taught by this city, categorizing social relationships into several types. These relationships are sometimes difficult to distinguish, as they are intricate and interwoven. I hope these two types of relationships can form a beautiful structure together. Later, I designed the vertical relationship as a tree, and the horizontal relationship as circulating waves, spreading out in circles. This is a pastoral landscape.