Still energetic

Author: Zhu Zhenglin
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Publish Date: 2000-01-02
Features: This collection is a revised and reprinted version of the book "Neither Wind nor Rain." However, for some reason, I have always deeply regretted that almost none of my friends received the gift copies I sent—a proof of this. So, taking this opportunity of the reedition, I made substantial adjustments and revisions to the original book. Only a small number of articles from the original were retained, while a large number of new works were added. The purpose of doing so was to create a new book, cutting off all unpleasant memories from the past. Naturally, changing the title of the book became a matter of course. Although it is a new book, it does not show any new structure. It remains disorganized and pieced together. Moreover, due to the extended time span of writing, the intentions and contexts of the writings differ more, making the content of this collection even more. Fortunately, I remain the same as ever, and in this rapidly changing world, I belong to the slower category of change. So, it is possible that readers may find some "inner consistency" in these disorganized writings of mine. The title of the book was chosen according to a certain precedent, based on the title of one of the articles in the collection. If one insists on asking why this particular article was chosen over others, my answer is that there is a sentence at the end of that article: "Yes, there is still the spirit. Sometimes this is truly an embarrassing fact." If it weren't for this fact, I might have already put down this already quite lazy pen of mine long ago.