Bi Shumin's Prose -- Classic Reading for Students

Author: Bì Shūmǐn
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Bì Shūmǐn is a book that is clear, healthy, and vibrant. She lives among ordinary people, showing readers the daily lives of contemporary common folk. Reading her works, one often feels the lingering resonance of her words long after closing the book. Her essays 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 writing. Bì Shūmǐn, originally from Shandong, was born in Yining, Xinjiang, in 1952 and attended the Affiliated School of Beijing Foreign Languages University. At 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 Corporation in 1990. She is a National First-Class Writer, Vice President of the Writers' Association of China, 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 published eight volumes of collected works titled "Bì Shūmǐn's Collected Works," as well as the novels "Red Prescription," "Precious Blood," and "Saving the Breasts." In the bustling and literary world, she seems to belong to no particular school, as if she has emerged from a 5,000-year cultural tradition, yet she is not a revival of traditional culture. Her essays present the seemingly ordinary aspects of daily life as aesthetic subjects, transforming everyday experiences into things of great charm. This unadorned writing style reflects the of "simplicity with profound depth," a principle highly regarded by the Song Dynasty scholars.
Published "Red Prescription" in January 2002;
Published "Precious Blood" in March 2003;
Published "Saving the Breasts" in June 2003;
Published "Purple Figure" in October 2003;
Started publishing "Working Women" in September 2004.