Illustrated Biographical Series: Yu Dafu

Author: Yu Dafu
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: In 1934, Yu Dafu was commissioned to write an autobiography and published nine autobiographical essays in a magazine one after another, but the project was abandoned midway and never completed. However, readers should not feel excessive regret. Because, as Yu Dafu himself said, "all his works are like his own preface to his life." Reading his other works can also be seen as reading his autobiography. However, when reviewing the Collected Works of Yu Dafu, these self-narrative articles are scattered and disorganized, making it difficult to obtain a clear and systematic impression. Therefore, it is necessary to compile and connect the parts of Yu Dafu's essays, diaries, letters, and essays that are about himself, making it a "quasi-autobiography" to supplement the missing parts of his autobiography. During the selection process, except for the main and subheadings added by the editor, all other text is entirely selected from Yu Dafu's original works. The editor extensively collected materials from Yu Dafu's various genres of works, striving to present his life experiences, personality, and thoughts in a comprehensive and vivid manner. However, due to the limitations of the original materials and the editor's limited ability, this autobiography inevitably has some parts that lack coherence and some parts that are overly detailed or insufficiently detailed. We kindly ask the readers for their forgiveness and corrections. The main materials for this book were referenced from books such as the Collected Works of Yu Dafu published by Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House and the Overseas Works of Yu Dafu published by Sanlian Bookstore, among others. We express our gratitude here.