Bi Shumin Novel -- Student Reading Classics

Author: Bì Shūmǐn
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: In Bì Shūmǐn's novels, what is revealed is the essence of human nature—the respect and love for life. On this foundation, between mother and child, lovers, spouses, friends, and even strangers, the natural expression of human nature is evident. Literature is the study of humanity, especially fiction that focuses on portraying characters, which inevitably delves into human nature. Bì Shūmǐn portrays different aspects of human nature in her novels, creating a variety of characters for her readers. Bì Shūmǐn is a book—this book is clarifying, healthy, and full of vitality. She lives among ordinary people, showing readers the daily lives of contemporary common folk. Reading her works leaves a lingering impression, as if the echoes linger long after the book is closed. Her books not only depict the lives of ordinary people but also delve into their psychology and the philosophy of life, which is the unique charm of her essays. Bì Shūmǐn, originally from Shandong, was born in Yining, Xinjiang in 1952 and attended the Affiliated School of Beijing Foreign Languages University. At the age of 17, she served in the Ali region of Tibet for 11 years as a soldier, holding positions as a health aide, assistant military doctor, and military doctor. In 1980, she transferred to Beijing and became a writer for the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation in 1990. She is a National First-Class Writer, Vice President of the China Writers' Association, a practicing physician in internal medicine, a Master of Culture from Beijing Normal University, and a graduate of the doctoral program in psychology at Beijing Normal University. She has written eight volumes of collected works titled "Bì Shūmǐn's Collected Works," as well as the novels "Red Prescription," "Blood Orchid," and "Saving the Breasts." In the lively yet literary scene, she seems to belong to no particular school. She appears to have emerged from a 5,000-year cultural tradition, yet she is not a revival of traditional culture. Her essays present the seemingly ordinary things of daily life as aesthetic subjects, turning events that everyone experiences into something fascinating. This unadorned writing style captures a realm that the Song Dynasty scholars admired—"simplicity that reaches the heights of mountains and the depths of waters."
Published in January 2002: "Red Prescription";
Published in March 2003: "Blood Orchid";
Published in June 2003: "Saving the Breasts";
Published in October 2003: "Purple Figure";
Started publishing in September 2004: "Female Worker."