Draft manuscript of "Recollections from the Ox Pen"

Author: Ji Xianlin
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Publish Date: 2007-01-15
Features: Sincerity, authenticity, trends, and genuine emotions have Professor Ji Xianlin's life. "Cowshed Reminiscences" is a very true historical reflection of his life during the Cultural Revolution. For this reason, we published his manuscript to genuinely record his inner journey at that time, and its value, significance, and contribution to the current society are self-evident. As he said, "Being able to live to write it out is the best gift I can leave behind for future generations." At the same time, it holds high research value and collection significance for researchers and collectors. Due to various reasons, his manuscript drifted to several places, and it took more than half a year to collect them all. It shows how precious "Cowshed Reminiscences Manuscript Edition" is, reflecting his sincerity, perseverance, and emotional entanglement with this period of history. This is the final draft copied with about three months of effort, as he himself said, "The difference between the draft and the final draft is immense, almost like rewriting." To publish "Cowshed Reminiscences Manuscript Edition" well, after multiple discussions and repeated research, we finally decided to adopt a layout that contrasts the manuscript with the printed version, publishing it unadorned to show readers a real, ordinary person and take them back through this history together, recreating Professor Ji's emotional journey.