Zhang Zhikai's Autobiography: 14

Author: Feng Zikai
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This series is quite different from the "Elephant Figures Focus Series." In the "Focus Series," the described figures are objective subjects, left to the authors to adopt their own perspectives and viewpoints to observe and scan, then narrate with a relatively free approach. In such circumstances, the authors' subjective colors inevitably determine the narrative role and language, so the figures they focus on are often their "ideal" subjects rather than the complete truth of the person. Additionally, due to the limited length of the series, the life of a described figure, his rich and varied aspects, cannot be fully presented. Now, the "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will make up for such shortcomings. In this series, the chosen figures are no longer objects of others' focus and scanning but the protagonists narrating their own lives to readers. Compared to the "Focus Series," it may make readers feel more intimate. Because it can serve as a personalized historical reading material and also become a more valuable cultural reading material beyond textbooks. In recent years, writing autobiographies and memoirs is no longer the exclusive domain of individuals, nor is it a daunting path. Everyone, regardless of their profession or the fate they have encountered, can pick up a pen, record their experiences, and leave a piece of witness for history. Undoubtedly, as a large number of autobiographies and memoirs continue to be published, people's understanding of history will gradually become more three-dimensional. The "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will join such a historical reflection in its own way. The figures chosen for the "Elephant Figures Self-Narrative Series" will begin with the cultural field and gradually expand to other areas, striving to use a combination of text and images to fully present the life trajectories and spiritual worlds of people from all walks of life, together with the "Elephant Figures Focus Series."