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"I was born into this world to soothe the pain and disappointment of women in the world." Higuchi Kazuyo, a legendary female writer who is a household name in Japan and whose portrait is on banknotes. His life was only 24 years, but his literary works have become century-old classics. Each of her short stories shows the beauty of women: long-lasting love, loyalty, bravery, kindness, delicateness, talent, and perseverance. "Childhood Sweethearts": The girl Meidenli is enthusiastic and lively, and the son of the temple abbot, Xinru, is introverted and gloomy. The subtle feelings between the two are like the breeze blowing through the mountains in summer. "Thirteen Nights": Aguan, a girl from an ordinary family, lived an unfortunate life after marrying a high-ranking official. She made up her mind to divorce, hoping to get her parents' support, but was persuaded to quit by her father for various practical reasons. Open this book and see 8 kinds of love endings, giving you the courage to change!

This is the short story "Childhood Sweethearts" that made the author an instant hit. It is praised for its sentimental and sad description of hazy first love and adolescent boys and girls. Since its publication, it has been published again and again, and Chinese translations have emerged one after another, and it has been loved by many generations. This article takes place in the early Meiji period of Japan, in Yoshihara Flower Street, a famous custom area in Shitamachi, Tokyo. Focusing on the adolescence of the prostitute's sister Medengli, it describes the ecology of the children around Flower Street in this specific social environment, and foreshadows their future life trends. Yu Hua said in his collection of essays "The Death of the Heart": "The Japanese writer Higuchi Kazuyo can undoubtedly be ranked among the greatest female writers of the 19th century. Her "Childhood Sweethearts" is the most beautiful love chapter I have ever read. Her deeply rooted narrative has the warmth of the sun and the coolness of the night." The author writes in the form of ancient Japanese, so this book also adopts a slightly antique language style for translation, hoping to reproduce the sense of the times and hazy freshness of the original text on the paper.

"I was born into this world to soothe the pain and disappointment of women in the world." This book is a selection of short stories by the Japanese Meiji era female writer Higuchi Kazuyo, including 11 of her most outstanding works. Higuchi Ichiyo wrote in classical Chinese, and his style imitated Ihara Saizuru's eclectic style. Kazuyo lived a poor life and his life was fleeting, but with the energy he burned out in his short life, he became an important writer who opened up the scope of Meiji novels. Although her works mostly describe the turbulence and tragedy of women in the times, her writing is not weak, but full of tenacity and sober lamentation that sees through the world. She observes the characters of the times with empathy from the bottom, and is keenly aware of the completely different outcomes of people from different classes in a changing world. The protagonists of these works include craftsmen who have been abandoned by the times, maids who steal money for their families, and ordinary girls who have lost their love. Most of their lives are tragedies, but they all accept their fate with tenacity and end with a touch of sadness.

"May Rain" is a collection of novels by Higuchi Kazuyo, an outstanding Japanese female writer in the 19th century. It selects six of her representative works, including "Buried", "May Rain", "Jade Belt" and "Uncanopied Boat". Higuchi Ichiyo's writings are full of deep sympathy for the poor fate of the lower class people in society, and he warmed an era with his concise and powerful heartfelt words. With its unique quasi-classical style, his works achieve a clever balance between lyricism and narrative, thus combining the charm of classical literature with the expressive power of modern literature.

The girl Meidenli is naturally beautiful, lively, daring to love and hate, and full of aura. However, as the sister of a famous brothel prostitute, her future fate is already foreseeable. The young master of the temple, Xinru, is loyal and loyal, with firm beliefs, but he has a vulgar abbot father who only sees money, so he has to swallow his anger even if he feels contempt in his heart. A girl who was destined to make a living by selling jokes and a boy who was destined to be a monk met each other due to the blessing of fate, but they gradually drifted apart due to various obstacles in the world. What kind of flowers will the ignorance between them bloom?