My Writing Career: Memoirs of Zhang Henshui

"My Writing Career" is a precious memoir written by Mr. Zhang Henshui, a famous modern Chinese popular novel master, in his later years. This book was compiled by his descendants based on his manuscripts, notes and oral narrations during his lifetime. It systematically reviews the author's creative process for more than half a century. In the book, Mr. Zhang Henshui uses plain and sincere writing to detail his complete trajectory from starting out as a boy in Peiping, to becoming a newspaper writer and editor, and finally becoming famous in the literary world with his representative works such as "Chunming Foreign History", "Jinfen Family" and "The Cause of Crying and Laughing". He not only shared the origins of the conception of many important works, the joys and sorrows of creation and the response to publication, but also deeply analyzed his unique writing concepts, exploration of techniques (such as the improvement and innovation of traditional chapter style), and his firm pursuit of appreciating both refined and popular literature and serving the public. The book also contains anecdotes about his interactions with contemporary literati and people in the publishing industry, providing first-hand vivid historical materials for studying the history of modern Chinese literature, the history of the newspaper industry, and the cultural life of citizens.