This Life, This World · Hu Lan Cheng

Author: Hu Lancheng
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: Due to Eileen Chang, the world has once again revisited Hu Lancheng. In reality, this man's talent was no less than that of the talented Ms. Chang, yet he remained silent and suppressed by the times until now. This Life, This World was finally officially published in mainland China. A man, with his delicate and graceful pen, slowly recalls his long life, starting from the memories of his hometown—a blossoming Jiangnan town with peach blossoms in full bloom, lush mulberry trees on the paths, lively theatrical performances, and the splendor of festive flowers during the New Year. There were also the lingering sentiments of traditional weddings. Yet once he left, he never returned home throughout his life. "I was not only a roamer to my hometown but also a roamer to the years." Meeting Modern Women Eileen Chang was merely a non-deeply engraved episode in his life, but for that woman, she believed she had found the only soulmate who cherished and pitied her in this life. In the end, it was just a misunderstanding, and the roamer drifted further to a distant foreign land. The turmoil of his later life was driven by the times, and the Hu Lancheng more known to the public was always inseparable from the word "collaborator." In truth, at the core, he was just a pure scholar.