The words are many, but the feelings are not over.

Author: Wang Chongli
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: In the recent trend of historical and cultural prose in China, one figure cannot be mentioned without being included: Wang Chongli, a member of the presidium of the China Writers' Association and the president of the Liaoning Writers' Association, who won the National Excellent Prose Award of the first Lu Xun Literature Prize for his work Spring Wide, Dreams Narrow. His writings are elegant and unhurried, profound and far-reaching in meaning, reflecting a unique poetic beauty and rich academic expertise. He excels particularly in historical and cultural prose, bridging history and tradition with modernity, delving into the depths of human nature. Through a modern perspective, he observes culture and human nature, gaining transcendent insights that set him apart among contemporary scholars of prose (cultural prose), beloved by readers both at home and abroad. This volume is part of the Wang Chongli Cultural Prose Series, focusing on emotional prose, covering themes such as Qianqian Koushen (Thousand-Year Inquiry), Hongchen Jiewu (Red Dust Enlightenment), Xi Meng Zhuai Huai (Pursuing Past Dreams), Wenhua Xiangchou (Cultural Nostalgia), Shanchuan Shangdu (Mountain and River Appreciation), and Shengya Liji (Life Journey Reflections)—all the flavors of life, both internal and external. In this world, only emotions are difficult to express, whether they be familial love, romantic love, friendship, nostalgia, or joy, anger, sorrow, or fear. Once put into words, they lose their inherent vitality. Time has flown like a bird, but emotions remain like flowing water and drifting clouds, endless and unceasing. In the end, one can only gaze with longing at the scattered fragments of life, looking back on past memories.