How Precious is This Life: Feng Zikai Writes About His Father
by Feng Zikai
About This Novel
Feng Zikai wrote about his father with warmth and transparency rare in the history of literature. The father in his novel, the last civil servant in the Qing Dynasty, clung to the dignity and loneliness of a scholar despite the drastic changes of the times; and as a father, he regarded the innocence of his children as precious as gods and stars. These six articles include the family memories of the end of the imperial examination in "The Successful Person" and the sincere praise of childlike innocence in "Children" and "To My Children". Feng Zikai used his unique simplicity and humor to write about the two sides of a father: one is the ups and downs in the torrent of history, and the other is the deep affection in daily fireworks.
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