<An Anthology of Healing Ancient-Style Novellas and Short Stories>
If I could, I would use my stories to bring you some warmth, some sweetness, some comfort, and strength. In my stories, there are unremarkable ordinary people as well as historical figures you may recognize by name. What they share is the genuine affection they show one another.
Open this book and you'll find the warmth of everyday life, the simplest comforts and joys, childhood friendships, the open-hearted belief that peace of mind is home, the courage to live again after war, friendships unchanged after a thousand years, the acceptance of knowing that the whole world knows you, the timeless loneliness of a god who has lived for ninety thousand years, and someone waiting for the rain beneath a sky the color of celadon...
A pot of candied sugar, a basket of steamed buns, the sweet aftertaste of a bowl of bitter medicine: the ordinary warmth of city life, soothing the human heart...
Here, the hearth smoke of common folk mingles with the fresh ink of gifted scholars and beautiful women. There is the fierce, generous spirit of spring wine in the northern frontier, and the peaceful dreams of streams and mountains in the south. There is the warmth of reunion when the snow melts, and the fleeting peace of rain falling beneath the eaves and clearing skies above the strings of a zither.
This is a warm invitation across time. In an ancient-style world woven with the scents of ink, medicine, and candied sugar, savor the warmth of everyday life and share in life's simple pleasures. May these stories be like a lamp that never goes out beneath the eaves, lighting a corner of your heart and granting you peace year after year.
Also known as The Warmth of Everyday Life and Simple Joys
Spring Returns After the Cold: Twenty-Four Healing Tales
The author's heartfelt recommendations: Embracing Sunset and Glow, The Double-Blooming Record of Pepper Blossoms (Taiping and Wan'er), Warm Dreams of Streams and Mountains (Shen Kuo), Half a Lifetime of Clear Light Through a Small Window (Li Qingzhao), A Lamp Lit in the Hometown
Note: This is a work of fiction. The stories of some historical figures contain fictional elements and are not entirely historical.
