In the River of Time: a Narrative of Wen Rumin's Learning
by Wen Rumin
About This Novel
Among the experts and scholars who grew up in the late 1970s, Professor Wen Rumin is very representative. He is not only a well-known expert in modern literature research, and has authored famous works such as "The Evolution of New Literary Realism" and "Thirty Years of Modern Chinese Literature" (cooperation). He is also a very sentimental educator. He is the editor-in-chief of various textbooks for universities, middle schools and primary schools. In 2012, he was hired as the chief editor-in-chief of Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools by the Ministry of Education. He is a standard-bearer for the reform of Chinese education and teaching. This book is a review and account of Professor Wen Rumin's nearly 50 years of teaching and research. It includes reminiscences from relatives and friends, memories from the academic community, and experiences at Peking University. There is also a self-report of his experience as the director of the Chinese Department of Peking University and the chief editor of Chinese textbooks. It also includes prefaces and postscripts to some writings, media interviews, and an academic chronology. It is both an academic material and can also be read as a prose essay. From it we can not only see the academic trajectory of Professor Wen Rumin, but also get a glimpse of the changes in the academic and educational circles over the past few decades.
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