Zhou Zuoren's Self-edited Collection: Collection of Wood Chips
by Zhou Zuoren
About This Novel
"Woodchip Collection" is the representative of Zhou Zuoren's later prose. The subject matter continues the previous themes of nostalgic memories of the past, famous objects and customs, plants, trees, insects and fish, reminiscing about the founding of "Silk", stories about old friends such as Cai Jiemin and Qian Xuandong, talking about Greek mythology, northern and southern snacks, analyzing the lunar and fishing calendars, avoiding taboos about changing surnames, and even topics such as bats and owls, crows and parrots can be discussed comfortably. But I no longer write long essays, and I also reduce the quotation of large paragraphs of ancient texts. I only write short chapters and eloquent stories, which are concise and lively, and sometimes have humorous conversations. Just like what he said in his poem about his eightieth birthday: "I pity my one-legged father and miss the mountain father, and I imagine that I am envious of the wild raccoon on a green felt. I sometimes pretend to make faces in my conversations, and I like to scatter coriander in my humorous conversations."
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