Born by Life (original Novel of the Tv Series Starring Qin Hao, Han Geng, and Zhong Chuxi)
by Shi Yifeng
About This Novel
From 1988 to 2008, a cross-century tracking between the police and fugitives was a touching event spanning twenty years. In 1988, two young workers escaped from a detention center after being arrested for theft. Du Xiangdong, a prison guard at the detention center, was branded as derelict in his duties. From then on, his life fell into ruin. Twenty years have passed, times have changed, and time has passed. Only Du Xiangdong continues to track down the fugitives. He not only wanted an explanation, but also wanted to witness a powerful life that he had not lived... This chase has quietly changed the destiny of everyone... What I can write about are basically ordinary people around me, but these ordinary people have turned their lives into epics. --Shi Yifeng
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Under the changing times, what is the guidance of destiny?
A theft case occurred in 1988. The criminals (just convicted but not necessarily the truth) Xu Wenge and Yao Binbin successfully escaped, and Yao Binbin died to protect his best friend (Xu Wenge). Since the two of them were imprisoned in the detention center guarded by Du Xiangdong (the male protagonist), from then on, Du Xiangdong, who was a top student in the police academy and had the ideal of becoming a criminal police officer, embarked on a twenty-year pursuit, and the gears of fate turned. There are no absolute good guys and absolute bad guys in this book. Du Xiangdong, who was once high-spirited, experienced twenty years of changes in the times during the long pursuit, and his edges were smoothed by life, but he still insisted on justice. Xu Wenge struggled to resist fate in a desperate situation and had a deep love for his brothers. Although Du Xiangdong's original purpose was to hunt down the fugitive, the two seemed to be on opposite sides, but in fact they were both trapped beasts trapped by the torrent of the times. Isn't the process of their pursuit and escape a redemption of themselves? Fortunately, the truth finally came out and everything came to light. Xu Wenge was finally liberated and no longer had to run for his life, and Du Xiangdong was finally able to let go. They are not perfect heroes in the traditional sense, but ordinary people with shortcomings who are struggling to survive in the quagmire of fate. Just like Shi Yifeng (the author of this book, not a character in the book) said in the book: "Men fight and then fail, but what they fought for will suddenly reappear in a corner of the river of time." I think that everything they experienced is not a meaningless joke, but a medal of growth. After going through vicissitudes of life, they have become tougher and more mature. The case is closed, and a better tomorrow will be waiting for them.
They are all people who are shining in the dust.
The book vividly depicts the intricate entanglement of the characters' fates and the vicissitudes of the changing times. With the long years as the background, the rights and wrongs of individuals, the grievances and hatreds, the painful struggles, the gains and losses of fame and fortune will eventually be submerged in the torrent of the world, making waves and disappearing quickly.
I just said that movies cannot capture such a profound social background and the psychological changes of the characters.
A rare and excellent work
Z😌The most important, the most important, the most important, the most important
Finished reading
At the beginning, I wrote that the male protagonist was unappreciated for his talent. I thought he would quickly achieve success and then be transferred to another job. I didn't expect that he would be disciplined for a lifetime.
destiny era
Living by life, living and returning Qin Hao Han Geng Zhong Chuhong
🕯️Prisoners and policemen under the gears of fate: a "bet of life" spanning twenty years
"Born by Life" tears apart the folds of reality and writes the game of "fugitives and pursuers" into a "symbiosis fable" in which two men are nailed by fate in time - when the escaped prisoner Xu Chunliang disappears with a secret, the life of the film policeman Du Xiangdong becomes a long "obsession chase", and hidden behind the escape and pursuit is a bloody proposition about "dignity and redemption" that is carried by the torrent of the times. ✨Three famous scenes of suffocation: "sharp strokes" that tear apart reality 1. Prison Break on a Rainy Night: The First Screw of Destiny is Loose Xu Chunliang was hiding at the bottom of the cabbage truck, with raindrops dripping on his eyelids through the wooden boards. He heard Du Xiangdong chatting with the driver outside the car: "Today is the winter solstice. The team has cooked dumplings. You can take two boxes back for the children." At that moment, he clutched the stolen photo of Du Xiangdong's daughter in his pocket - the policeman who always squatted at the door of the police station and talked to him about "the corn harvest at home" became his first "familiar stranger" on the way to escape. The author wrote: "The first mismatch between the fugitive and the police was not the muzzle of the gun versus the tip of the knife, but when you handed me a cigarette, but I remembered the bear pendant on your daughter's schoolbag." 2. Reunion after twenty years: two "prisoners" in the mirror Du Xiangdong saw Xu Chunliang cleaning tables in a small restaurant. His hair was half white and his apron was stained with grease, but he still retained the habit of rolling up his cuffs twice. The two of them were sitting in the corner drinking. Xu Chunliang pointed to the calendar on the wall: "Look, today is the winter solstice again." Du Xiangdong took out his old police ID card from that year. The plastic case had long been cracked. In the photo, he was still wearing the 1983-style police uniform. After twenty years of pursuit, he lived as "the person in Xu Chunliang's shadow." But where was Xu Chunliang? Every day hidden in a false identity is another kind of "prison"? This confrontation is like a dull knife: "It turns out that the most cruel cage is never the iron window, but the people's obsession with 'unfinished'." 3. Unraveling the truth: A "life IOU" more cruel than escape Before he died, Xu Chunliang gave Du Xiangdong a yellowed notebook, in which he recorded every "stolen life account": "In 1998, I borrowed Master Wang's motorcycle and returned new tires; in 2003, I borrowed Sister Li's temporary residence permit and helped her son pay his tuition..." Hidden on the last page is the real reason for escaping from prison that year - he took the blame for his younger brother, only to find that his younger brother had already used his "crime" to marry a wife and have children in the city. Du Xiangdong held the page and trembled, and suddenly remembered that in order to pursue him, he missed his daughter's parent-teacher meeting and his wife's divorce signature - they were all "borrowing their lives", one borrowed their identity to live, the other lived by their obsession, and in the end they both became "missing" pieces on the chessboard of fate. 🌟Why do you say this is a "realistic fable for adults"? Triple aftertaste] - The mirror life of "The Chaser and the Fugitive": Du Xiangdong always said, "Catch Xu Chunliang, and I will be free." However, for twenty years, he lived as "another alter ego of Xu Chunliang" - he studied Xu Chunliang's handwriting, habits, and even imitated his tone of voice, until one day he discovered: "It turns out that I know better than him what path he walked on every step of his escape." This "symbiotic obsession" is more terrifying than the escape itself. - The "weight of little people" in the folds of the times: There is no "shuangwen-style chasing the murderer" in the book, only the fireworks of the small town in the 1990s: the shoe repair stall in front of the police station, the state-owned canteen at the alley, and the "I'm sorry" note written by Xu Chunliang's younger brother hidden under the insole. These details make escape no longer a "legend", but "a whirlpool that every ordinary person may be dragged into by fate" - Xu Chunliang "borrowed his life to survive", how could Du Xiangdong "borrow his responsibilities to escape the cracks in life"? - Cruel answers about "redemption": At the end of the story, Du Xiangdong buried Xu Chunliang's notebook into the root of the wall where he escaped from prison, and planted an apple tree next to it - he finally understood that what was more important than "catching the fugitive" was to reconcile with his own "unwillingness". Just like the author wrote: "Some debts cannot be cleared by paying them back. It is when you are finally willing to admit that you are also in this 'borrowing life' and owe yourself a 'live well'." 📖One sentence to poke the heart: When we talk about "borrowing life", what are we talking about? This is not a simple "police catching a thief" story, but a mirror that looks at human nature - Xu Chunliang used his identity to hide, and Du Xiangdong used obsession to refuse to grow up. They both lost their own lives in "stolen time". But the most poignant thing is the tenderness hidden in the book: even if fate has dealt a bad hand, there will always be someone like the cigarette that Du Xiangdong gave Xu Chunliang, bringing a little warmth in the darkness. It turns out that the ultimate answer to "living by fate" is never to "fight fate", but to "learn to make peace with one's own imperfections in the cracks."
More real and better than TV series
Too much and too real. The times and environment have left a deep mark on everyone. The three views are strange and huge.
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Official(21)Scraped 23d ago
Under the changing times, what is the guidance of destiny?
A theft case occurred in 1988. The criminals (just convicted but not necessarily the truth) Xu Wenge and Yao Binbin successfully escaped, and Yao Binbin died to protect his best friend (Xu Wenge). Since the two of them were imprisoned in the detention center guarded by Du Xiangdong (the male protagonist), from then on, Du Xiangdong, who was a top student in the police academy and had the ideal of becoming a criminal police officer, embarked on a twenty-year pursuit, and the gears of fate turned. There are no absolute good guys and absolute bad guys in this book. Du Xiangdong, who was once high-spirited, experienced twenty years of changes in the times during the long pursuit, and his edges were smoothed by life, but he still insisted on justice. Xu Wenge struggled to resist fate in a desperate situation and had a deep love for his brothers. Although Du Xiangdong's original purpose was to hunt down the fugitive, the two seemed to be on opposite sides, but in fact they were both trapped beasts trapped by the torrent of the times. Isn't the process of their pursuit and escape a redemption of themselves? Fortunately, the truth finally came out and everything came to light. Xu Wenge was finally liberated and no longer had to run for his life, and Du Xiangdong was finally able to let go. They are not perfect heroes in the traditional sense, but ordinary people with shortcomings who are struggling to survive in the quagmire of fate. Just like Shi Yifeng (the author of this book, not a character in the book) said in the book: "Men fight and then fail, but what they fought for will suddenly reappear in a corner of the river of time." I think that everything they experienced is not a meaningless joke, but a medal of growth. After going through vicissitudes of life, they have become tougher and more mature. The case is closed, and a better tomorrow will be waiting for them.
They are all people who are shining in the dust.
The book vividly depicts the intricate entanglement of the characters' fates and the vicissitudes of the changing times. With the long years as the background, the rights and wrongs of individuals, the grievances and hatreds, the painful struggles, the gains and losses of fame and fortune will eventually be submerged in the torrent of the world, making waves and disappearing quickly.
I just said that movies cannot capture such a profound social background and the psychological changes of the characters.
A rare and excellent work
Z😌The most important, the most important, the most important, the most important
Finished reading
At the beginning, I wrote that the male protagonist was unappreciated for his talent. I thought he would quickly achieve success and then be transferred to another job. I didn't expect that he would be disciplined for a lifetime.
destiny era
Living by life, living and returning Qin Hao Han Geng Zhong Chuhong
🕯️Prisoners and policemen under the gears of fate: a "bet of life" spanning twenty years
"Born by Life" tears apart the folds of reality and writes the game of "fugitives and pursuers" into a "symbiosis fable" in which two men are nailed by fate in time - when the escaped prisoner Xu Chunliang disappears with a secret, the life of the film policeman Du Xiangdong becomes a long "obsession chase", and hidden behind the escape and pursuit is a bloody proposition about "dignity and redemption" that is carried by the torrent of the times. ✨Three famous scenes of suffocation: "sharp strokes" that tear apart reality 1. Prison Break on a Rainy Night: The First Screw of Destiny is Loose Xu Chunliang was hiding at the bottom of the cabbage truck, with raindrops dripping on his eyelids through the wooden boards. He heard Du Xiangdong chatting with the driver outside the car: "Today is the winter solstice. The team has cooked dumplings. You can take two boxes back for the children." At that moment, he clutched the stolen photo of Du Xiangdong's daughter in his pocket - the policeman who always squatted at the door of the police station and talked to him about "the corn harvest at home" became his first "familiar stranger" on the way to escape. The author wrote: "The first mismatch between the fugitive and the police was not the muzzle of the gun versus the tip of the knife, but when you handed me a cigarette, but I remembered the bear pendant on your daughter's schoolbag." 2. Reunion after twenty years: two "prisoners" in the mirror Du Xiangdong saw Xu Chunliang cleaning tables in a small restaurant. His hair was half white and his apron was stained with grease, but he still retained the habit of rolling up his cuffs twice. The two of them were sitting in the corner drinking. Xu Chunliang pointed to the calendar on the wall: "Look, today is the winter solstice again." Du Xiangdong took out his old police ID card from that year. The plastic case had long been cracked. In the photo, he was still wearing the 1983-style police uniform. After twenty years of pursuit, he lived as "the person in Xu Chunliang's shadow." But where was Xu Chunliang? Every day hidden in a false identity is another kind of "prison"? This confrontation is like a dull knife: "It turns out that the most cruel cage is never the iron window, but the people's obsession with 'unfinished'." 3. Unraveling the truth: A "life IOU" more cruel than escape Before he died, Xu Chunliang gave Du Xiangdong a yellowed notebook, in which he recorded every "stolen life account": "In 1998, I borrowed Master Wang's motorcycle and returned new tires; in 2003, I borrowed Sister Li's temporary residence permit and helped her son pay his tuition..." Hidden on the last page is the real reason for escaping from prison that year - he took the blame for his younger brother, only to find that his younger brother had already used his "crime" to marry a wife and have children in the city. Du Xiangdong held the page and trembled, and suddenly remembered that in order to pursue him, he missed his daughter's parent-teacher meeting and his wife's divorce signature - they were all "borrowing their lives", one borrowed their identity to live, the other lived by their obsession, and in the end they both became "missing" pieces on the chessboard of fate. 🌟Why do you say this is a "realistic fable for adults"? Triple aftertaste] - The mirror life of "The Chaser and the Fugitive": Du Xiangdong always said, "Catch Xu Chunliang, and I will be free." However, for twenty years, he lived as "another alter ego of Xu Chunliang" - he studied Xu Chunliang's handwriting, habits, and even imitated his tone of voice, until one day he discovered: "It turns out that I know better than him what path he walked on every step of his escape." This "symbiotic obsession" is more terrifying than the escape itself. - The "weight of little people" in the folds of the times: There is no "shuangwen-style chasing the murderer" in the book, only the fireworks of the small town in the 1990s: the shoe repair stall in front of the police station, the state-owned canteen at the alley, and the "I'm sorry" note written by Xu Chunliang's younger brother hidden under the insole. These details make escape no longer a "legend", but "a whirlpool that every ordinary person may be dragged into by fate" - Xu Chunliang "borrowed his life to survive", how could Du Xiangdong "borrow his responsibilities to escape the cracks in life"? - Cruel answers about "redemption": At the end of the story, Du Xiangdong buried Xu Chunliang's notebook into the root of the wall where he escaped from prison, and planted an apple tree next to it - he finally understood that what was more important than "catching the fugitive" was to reconcile with his own "unwillingness". Just like the author wrote: "Some debts cannot be cleared by paying them back. It is when you are finally willing to admit that you are also in this 'borrowing life' and owe yourself a 'live well'." 📖One sentence to poke the heart: When we talk about "borrowing life", what are we talking about? This is not a simple "police catching a thief" story, but a mirror that looks at human nature - Xu Chunliang used his identity to hide, and Du Xiangdong used obsession to refuse to grow up. They both lost their own lives in "stolen time". But the most poignant thing is the tenderness hidden in the book: even if fate has dealt a bad hand, there will always be someone like the cigarette that Du Xiangdong gave Xu Chunliang, bringing a little warmth in the darkness. It turns out that the ultimate answer to "living by fate" is never to "fight fate", but to "learn to make peace with one's own imperfections in the cracks."
More real and better than TV series
Too much and too real. The times and environment have left a deep mark on everyone. The three views are strange and huge.
