A Village of One Person (work by Liu Liangcheng)
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In Huangshaliang, a village where humans and animals cohabitate, Liu Er's greatest pleasure is wandering around the village: he plays with insects, watches other people working, greets the birds on the branches, and appreciates the smile of a flower; he understands the hardships of mice, feels the power of cows and horses, watches the wind tilt the shadows, and measures the distance of a wind. He never opens the door when he goes to a house. He waits for the wind to blow the door open, then goes in, and the wind closes the door again. The biggest thing every day is to stand at the head of the village in the morning and welcome the sunrise alone. He understood the impermanence of life and death from the withering glory of a tree, and associated the fate of his ancestors from the cry of a bird. Liu Liangcheng drew on thousands of years of oriental poetic tradition, opened up a kingdom of words that is a spiritual habitat, and created an unparalleled Chinese classic so far.
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