Lonely Sail in the Sea of people
About This Novel
This book is the autobiography of Zhou Chuanjun (Broken Bridge), the original English author, and consists of two parts: "Childhood Dreams Come True" and "Discovering America." Zhou's ancestor was a former official of the Qing Dynasty. His father, Zhou Zhongqi, returned from the United States and served as manager of the Jiaoji, Pinghan, and Guangdong-Han railways. His mother, Shen Baode, was one of the first batch of publicly funded beauty students in China. The former residence located in Badaguan, Qingdao, has now become a cultural asset under national key protection. When the Anti-Japanese War was in full swing, Dr. Zhou's siblings, led by their mother, traveled south to escape the war, and finally settled in Hong Kong and moved to Macau. Zhou's mother hoped that her children would participate in the Anti-Japanese War, so she brought the three brothers back to the mainland. They wandered all the way and experienced firsthand the lives of the people at the bottom during the war. When he was studying in Chengdu, he and his eldest brother Zhou Renji both joined the army and were sent to the China-India-Myanmar Theater to fight in the jungle with the Japanese army. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as an interpreter on the United Nations fishing fleet. Later he went to sea to engage in fishing and participated in the survey of fishery resources in the South China Sea. When the ship arrived in Taiwan, it coincided with the civil war and was stranded in Taiwan. During this period, he served as first mate and captain of a fishing boat. He studied hard on his own and passed the exam to study in the United States. After returning to Taiwan, in 1955, he and his friends sailed China's last traditional wooden sailboat and successfully crossed the Pacific to the United States. With the support of the overseas Chinese community, he picked up books again, received a doctorate in physics from Northwestern University, and taught at many prestigious universities in the United States and Zhejiang University. Engage in writing after retirement. This book faithfully presents his journey from the top of culture, to being dragged into the bottom of society by the flames of war, and finally regaining the position that should belong to him with his personal intelligence and tenacity. This inspiring process is a reflection of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation after more than a hundred years of arduous struggle.
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