Jinhe Valley: My Past and Present Lives

A deserted island, battered by raging waves and a storm, with a wreck hurled between rocky cliffs: an adventure in survival. Waking from midnight dreams, I write stories that speak of the powerful and the poor, the noble and the lowly, and the worldly desires and love of mortal life. One version of me transmigrates to the Republic of China era, while another still lives in the present day. One version of me sometimes remembers fragments of the present; the other can recall scenes from the remnants of a dream upon waking. Transmigration and adventure, survival on a deserted island, building Golden River Valley. An ordinary person in the modern world, adrift in the dust of life, returning to Golden River Valley. My Golden River Valley, my past and present lives. Not a legend of Golden River Valley, but a legend of living simply for the sake of living…