Glamour and Suffering (My Hundred-Taste Life)

Author: Jiang Qixin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: From the "genius of the age" in a Jiangnan town to the "information tycoon" dominating the business world, Jiang Qixin reflects on her life journey with a profound pen. Her experiences in the business world, love, and literary pursuits are like floating flowers and smoke, filled with hardships and legendary tales. Her life reveals a long-forgotten history, the grand narrative of an ordinary person, and the suffering and pain a cultural figure endures in life. When I heard her sing the line "How often has the path to success been smooth? From a performer to a female student" in gratitude for Fan Jiashu, I suddenly felt compassion for her. After this blow, I saw through the complexities of human relationships and felt utterly despondent, wishing only to end it all. But when I heard "Revoke the original judgment, declare innocence," I couldn’t help but burst into tears, like a spring gushing forth, bowing deeply to express my gratitude. The judge shook my hand and said, "We have wronged you for 20 years. We should apologize to you."
Business, love, and literary matters—how many past regrets remain? Parental love, marital love, and filial love—these are the true sentiments of humanity. This is an extraordinary autobiography of an ordinary person. With an irresistible sincerity, the author honestly records her bittersweet life: In the 1940s, she ventured alone into Shanghai, witnessing the ups and downs of the bustling foreign concessions, the fleeting glamour of romance and literature—business, love, and literary pursuits, all like floating flowers and smoke. In the 1950s, she was wrongfully labeled a "rightist" for two articles, enduring 20 years of suffering in a-like trial, fiercely resisting fate—parental love, marital love, and filial love—these are the true sentiments of humanity.