Yang Jinlin this guy

Author: Yang Hua
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: "This biography of Yang Jinlin" was written by senior journalist Yang Hua after three years of research. The book details Yang Jinlin's extraordinary life and challenging experiences, from his troubled childhood to his participation in the Down to the Countryside Movement at the age of fifteen, his career as a university teacher, his subsequent move to Hong Kong, and his roles as an editor, chief writer, magazine editor-in-chief, column writer, and renowned TV host. His dramatic life changes, his joys and sorrows, his helplessness—all are presented to readers for the first time in written form, with semi-exclusive access to firsthand materials. The CEO of Phoenix TV, Liu Changle, wrote a preface in person, enthusiastically recommending the book and stating, "The 'soul' of Yang Jinlin's 'reading newspapers' lies in a knowledgeable intellectual who has endured hardships and cares deeply about the nation. Over the past fifty years, his experiences with the Down to the Countryside Movement, studying and working in the countryside, pursuing education and teaching, and living as a writer have given him a complex life that includes suffering at the bottom, mingling at the top, staying in mainland China, and drifting in Hong Kong." Nearly twenty of his close friends have also expressed genuine interest in this "guy who suddenly became famous" and have shared many revealing insights. Cao Jingxing remarked, "What's hard to learn is the skill and style of Old Yang." Lü Ningsi could only sigh, "Old Yang, a hero!" As for Cheng Helin's commentary on "this Yang Jinlin," it is even more vivid and humorous, leaving readers in stitches.