Illustrated Biographies Series - Yu Dafu

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: In 1934, Yu Dafu was commissioned to write an autobiography and published nine autobiographical essays in a magazine one after another, but the project was abandoned midway and never completed. However, readers should not feel too sorry about it. Because, as Yu Dafu himself said, "all his works are like an autobiographical preface." Reading his other works can also be seen as reading his autobiography. However, when reviewing the Collected Works of Yu Dafu, these self-narrative articles are scattered and disorganized, making it difficult to obtain a clear and systematic impression. Therefore, it is necessary to compile and connect the parts of Yu Dafu's essays, diaries, letters, and essays that are about himself, making it a "quasi-autobiography" to supplement the missing parts of his autobiography. During the selection process, only the main and subheadings were added by the editor, while the rest of the text is entirely selected from Yu Dafu's original works. The editor extensively collected materials from Yu Dafu's various genres of works, striving to present his life experiences, personality, interests, and thoughts in a comprehensive and vivid manner. However, due to the limitations of the original materials and the editor's limited ability, this autobiography may lack coherence in some places and may have inappropriate details in others. We kindly ask the readers for their forgiveness and corrections. The material for this book is mainly referenced from the Collected Works of Yu Dafu published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House and the Overseas Works of Yu Dafu published by Sanlian Bookstore, among other books and other materials. We express our gratitude here.