Reflections on Masterpieces by Renowned Authors -- The Jade Official

Author: Xu Dishan
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Publish Date: 2006-03-01
Features: This book includes short stories such as "The Bird with Two Lives," "The Wife of a Merchant," "The Swallow's Nest," "After Sunset," "The Spider Weaving Through the Net," "The Flower on the Dead Willow," "The Journey Home," and "The Flower Without Care." Xu Dishan was influenced by Buddhist thought in his early years. His early short stories often had a background of life in Southeast Asia, with an exotic atmosphere,, filled with romance. The novel "Yu Guan" published in 1939 depicts Yu Guan, a woman who bravely stands up to soldiers who intend to commit violence and spreads the Christian doctrine of love. Yu Guan, the protagonist of the novel, becomes a Christian widow and tirelessly travels everywhere to spread the gospel, finally defying others' advice to cross the ocean alone. Due to the author's deep affection and expertise in Buddhist studies, he can understand and study Buddhism from a philosophical perspective, thereby enlightening readers to gain rich and profound life wisdom. Xu Dishan was a unique and stylistically distinctive writer who emerged during the May Fourth New Culture Movement. His novel "The Bird with Two Lives" was published in the issue of the Story Monthly after its revision. His collection of essays and short stories "The Rain of an Empty Mountain" was one of the earliest collected collections of essays and short stories published after the May Fourth Movement, and it was serialized in the Story Monthly for a long time in 1922. He was one of the founders of the most influential New Literature group, the Literary Research Association. In the early days of New Literature, he brought novel and unique themes to New Literature, conducted special artistic explorations, and had a profound impact. The famous writer Shen Congwen said in the 1930s that in China, using the life of special ethnic groups as the basis for creation and demonstrating the beauty and first color and fragrance of essays with the profound wisdom and clear discrimination of Buddhist scriptures, among the authors who brought the essay to a harmonious realm of the most essential nature (in addition to Zhou Zuoren, Xu Zhimo, Feng Wenbing, and others, they will be discussed separately). This harmony refers to blending the love of Christianity, the wisdom of Buddhism, modern civilization, and old emotions into one, seamlessly integrating them without forcing them. rdquo; (Shen Congwen "On Lu Hua Sheng") In the early days of the New Culture Movement, Xu Dishan's creations, whether in fiction or essays, undoubtedly played a role in promoting the New Culture Movement.