Reflections on Pain: Lu Sha's Path

Author: Wei Junyi
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In Record of Reflections, the author recalls the major and minor political movements since the Yan'an "Salvage Movement." These are shared experiences that middle-aged and older Chinese cannot avoid. But few can express the poison of "Leftist" ideology as resolutely as she does. In 1998, Record of Reflections sparked a huge response, inspiring many intellectuals to reflect on their sense of responsibility and mission towards history, and thus was dubbed the "Wei Junyi Phenomenon" by the cultural. The autobiographical novel Lu Sha's Path is a companion piece to the memoir Record of Reflections and also an interpretation of it. Like Record of Reflections, it reflects the 20th-century China.