True water has no fragrance

Author: Liu Yanmin
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: Liu Yanmin—a name frequently seen in well-known newspapers and magazines in recent years, approaching us with her extremely simple and unpretentious writing style. Her works are distinctive, featuring concise and refined stories, as well as clever and insightful commentary, allowing readers to gain profound insights into life through a light and enjoyable reading experience. Some say that the commentary in Liu Yanmin's works is indeed brilliant, but many of her stories are familiar or easily traceable. In my opinion, this is the magic of simplicity. She lives modestly and authentically, advocating for letting things take their course and following one's nature, enjoying life through emotions and gaining rationality from life. Ordinary things and mundane life often reveal new meanings for her, as she sifts through the sand to find the gold. Her writing is polished and fluid, with the feeling that adding a single word would be redundant and removing a single word would be too sparse. Her way of life and writing is best epitomized by the title of her book—True Water Has No Fragrance. This book collects Liu Yanmin's essays and, including sections such as True Water Has No Fragrance, Life Management, and Solitary Words of the World, with articles that are concise yet profound in philosophy.