The Children of Osmanthus (A Biography of Yu Guangzhong)

Author: Fu Mengli
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: A single poem, "Nostalgia," moved hundreds of millions of Chinese people. Get closer to the master, experience the extraordinary life and times of the great man. Mr. Yu Guangzhong has exclusively authorized this publishing house to publish the Simplified Chinese edition. I write because I have no choice, like a sneeze that unexpectedly sprays out a rainbow; or like a cough that becomes music. I write to refine stones and mend the sky. — Yu Guangzhong Writing poetry is for self-entertainment. Writing essays is for entertaining others. Writing criticism, especially prefaces, is for entertaining friends. Translation is for entertaining my wife, because translation is steady work with reliable income. The copyrights of these four things will be divided among my four daughters in the future. — Yu Guangzhong If a person is too unfeeling, always rationally cutting emotional ties with a sharp sword, life would be too dull, like a poor conductor; but if one is too self-pitying, causing chaos every time love strikes and turning it into tragedy, that would be too naive. Love and beauty are different; love arises from real life, while beauty depends on the right distance. — Yu Guangzhong From a thin narcissus to the confident and graceful woman she is today, Fan Wocun has always been Yu Guangzhong's best "." She did not lose herself because of Yu Guangzhong's fame. She possesses great wisdom, skillfully grasping the bigger picture. Whether in Yu Guangzhong's literary world or private life, she participates with confidence and ease. — Fu Mengli This biography is written by Fu Mengli, who is familiar with Yu Guangzhong's life journey. After thoroughly reading Yu Guangzhong's works, the author closely interviews the subject and his closest family and friends, gradually entering the master's inner world. By intertwining his significant works from different periods with his life experiences over the years, she weaves together a complete life story. This allows readers to view the master from both front and side, as "crossing the mountain to see peaks on the side." Yu Guangzhong's poem "Nostalgia" is widely circulated in mainland China, leading to his reputation as a "poet of nostalgia." In fact, Yu Guangzhong's life works include hundreds of essays and over a thousand poems, covering many themes beyond nostalgia. His sentiments and reflections are all expressed in his poetry and essays. His ability to move between his mother tongue and foreign languages, colloquial and classical Chinese, is evident not only in all his works but also in every word of his translations. This biography was published in Taiwan seven years ago. The mainland new edition, in Simplified Chinese, includes additional details about Yu Guangzhong's lectures and publications across mainland China, as well as some poems and essays, allowing readers to get closer to the master and experience the extraordinary life and times of this great man!