With Yu Dafu on a Journey Through Jiangnan

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Yu Dafu's description of Jiangnan possesses a unique and profound charm, as he once said, "The scenery of Jiangnan is everywhere lovely, but the affairs of those who are not from the south are always sorrowful." In this moving and soul-stirring style, there is more than just a depiction of green mountains and clear waters or the soft dialects of Wu and Yue. Instead, it deeply incorporates the melancholic and winding reflections of Yu Dafu's own life ups and downs, as well as the lingering and poignant sorrow of things remaining while people change. As a result, the originally bright Jiangnan becomes misty and rain-soaked, like an elderly person in mourning recounting a life once spent in the depths of hardship.