Draft manuscript of "Recollections from the Ox Pen"

Author: Ji Xianlin
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Sincerity, authenticity, trends, and genuine emotions have. "Niu Peng Za Yi" (Reminiscences of a Cowshed) is a very true historical reflection of the author during the Cultural Revolution. For this reason, we published the manuscript of the author to truly record his inner journey at that time, and its value, significance, and contribution to the current society are self-evident. As the author said, "I was able to live and write it out—it 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, the author's manuscript was scattered in multiple places, and it took more than half a year of effort to collect them all. It shows how precious the manuscript of "Niu Peng Za Yi" is, reflecting the author's sincerity, persistence, and emotional entanglement with this period of history. This is the final draft, which the author painstakingly copied over about three months. As the author himself said, "The difference between the draft and the final draft is immense, almost like rewriting." To publish the "Manuscript of Niu Peng Za Yi" well, we discussed and studied it repeatedly, and 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 to revisit this history together with them, recreating the author's emotional journey.