Jinfeng's Autobiography - Fate

Author: Jin Feng
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Publish Date: 2000-05-01
Features: This book has attracted the author so much primarily because for a long time, the author had longed for a book that broadly and profoundly reflects the fate of intellectuals of our generation who grew up before and after the founding of New China, or a symphony of our generation's struggles, joys, setbacks, and hardships. This idea germinated as early as the late 1950s after reading A. Tolstoy's "The Road to Calvary." As the People's Republic of China has gone through fifty glorious years and experienced all sorts of storms, this idea has become stronger and stronger. Another feature of this book is that the author intertwines the fate of intellectuals with that of the Party and the country. This convincingly tells people that when intellectuals are in high spirits, it is always when the Party's line is correct and the country is prosperous and flourishing; when intellectuals suffer humiliation and hardship, it is also when the Party's line has gone astray and the country has stagnated and regressed. The author has been greatly wronged under a mistaken line, but in the author's writing, this is never presented as personal grievances but rather as placing one's experiences within the broader context of history for study and understanding. This is a symphony of the fate of intellectuals of a new generation in China, the legendary journey of a renowned female journalist from People's Daily, and the author narrates her own experiences of growth, career, love, and life's hardships. The language of the book is simple, smooth, and deeply moving—it is truly worth reading.