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Books by By the Xiaofu River
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Guarding Huaxia Through Three Lifetimes: I Witnessed Three Migrations South 三生守华夏：我亲历三次衣冠南渡
My name is Chen Shi. I am a fragment of a soul who, over three lifetimes, personally witnessed the three most painful southward migrations in Chinese history. During the Rebellion of the Eight Princes in the Jin dynasty, when Yongjia was in chaos and Luoyang fell, I was a distant scion of the Wang clan of Langya. Abandoned north of the Yangtze, I built a fortified village in the mountains, gathered refugees, and preserved our cultural heritage. During the An Lushan Rebellion in the Tang dynasty,
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Dust Across Ten Thousand Miles: The Migration of a Xiongnu Clan 万里孤尘：一个匈奴家族的迁徙
He brushed the dust from the parchment scroll. Its words had been copied so many times that Latin, Germanic languages, and even older, unknown symbols had become mixed together. On the final page, faded ink recorded a saying passed down through the generations: “Our ancestor came from the land where the sun rises, following water and pasture, fleeing war. After nine battles, he migrated ten thousand li to the west.” He had dismissed it as an ancient legend, until he consulted historical records
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A Letter from the Walled Village to Nanyang 围楼有信来南洋
The walled village is the homeland’s fortress; Nanyang is a life of drifting far away. “A letter has arrived” is a glimmer of light in just three words, a tender warmth that war, separation, and the passing years can never sever. This is not a lament for those torn apart, but an epic about how to stay together. It is best enjoyed at an unhurried pace, unfolding into millions of words filled with everyday life and deep affection spanning mountains and seas.
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