The Wind Blows on the Water: a Collection of Letters to Song Qi

About This Novel

Following Zhang Ailing's posthumous manuscripts, another literary legend of the Song family has been gathering dust. More than sixty letters appeared for the first time half a century later, confirming a buried legend in literary history. For the first time, more than 60 letters written by Wu Xinghua to his close friend Song Qi are made public. They discuss literature, translation, poetry, current situation, the past and the present, from the west to the middle. His broad vision and profound knowledge are fully displayed in the private letters, which is shocking. Correspondence began in 1940 and ended in 1952, when he was 19 to 31 years old. Most of the correspondence was sent from Beijing to Shanghai. It was not until 1949 when Song Qi moved south that letters were sent to Hong Kong. As expected, in addition to talking about his current life, Wu Xinghua mostly wrote to his friends about his reading experience and poetry writing experience. He also copied several poems that had never been published (such as four poems with seven rhymes written in 1947). Although he writes in letters without polishing, most of his opinions are fresh and handsome. They are probably the essence of long-term reading and are based on first-hand experience. Compared with today's (or even back then) trend of following what others say, I can only admire and sigh.

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