Beauty and Sorrow: A True Bing Xin

Author: Duan Muyuan
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: "The universe is a great life," this is how Bing Xin understands the relationship between life and the universe. To view the universe as life is a great wisdom; to view life as the universe is an even greater wisdom. Bing Xin was once a person of great wisdom. In "The Great Life of the Universe," she once felt the humility of "we"; in "The Great Universe of Life," she once felt the insignificance of "humanity." Yet she could also appreciate how this humble and insignificant life could "combine" to form the "evolutionary process" of the entire universe. Most people will never have such an experience in their lifetime. Those who do experience it are usually only in a moment of severe impact. Only a few adults "constantly regard" the "great life of the universe" as their "source of belonging." This "great life of the universe" was once the "background language" of her life and writing.
Reasons to Read This Book: Bing Xin and Lu Xun are regarded as the "yin and yang complementarity" of China's "New Culture." Bing Xin represents the yin and gentle side, while Lu Xun represents the yang and strong side. Bing Xin is the "preacher of a compassionate soul," and Lu Xun is the "sharp social scalpel." Bing Xin is like a "water wheel by the river," while Lu Xun is like a "battlehorse in the wilderness." Shen Congwen said she represented "maternal compassion" and "children's purity." "Maternal compassion" is "non-utilitarian," and "children's purity" is also "non-utilitarian." She advocates "non-utilitarian love," and this "love" is the theme of her entire life's work. She is an "idealist of love," believing that "with love, everything is possible."
Recommended for the following groups:
- Scholars or enthusiasts of the New Culture Movement
- Scholars or enthusiasts of modern Chinese literature
- Scholars or critics of Bing Xin
- Scholars or opponents of women's literature
- Guardians or attackers of "childhood"