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"In our lives, there are often moments that sparkle like pure gold. If, if we can freeze time for a long time, this world will be like heaven." Sanmao translated the work "A Moment of Time" by his close friend American priest Ding Songqing in perceptual and light words. This book also contains 11 letters from Sanmao to Ding Songqing, a close friend for 20 years, and 44 precious photos! "A Moment of Time" chronicles Ding Songqing's return to the United States to study painting in 1982 and his trip to Mexico. Through a journey of reality, he tells his journey from confusion to determination. ""A Moment of Time" once belonged to me, because it does contain my contribution. It has flesh and blood and lively ups and downs of life. What is deeply touching is the sincerity written by a priest. I hope that through this book, I can reach a realm of transparency, freedom and love.

In Sanmao's eyes, Father Ding Songqing is not only a lifelong friend, but also "a poet, an artist, a priest, a lovely person, and a child of Heavenly Father." Because of his spiritual understanding of the similarity between love and life, Sanmao translated his series of works "Song of Orchid Island" and "Story of Qingquan" with sensitive and light words, to convey love and hope to more people. This book is Ding Songqing's life story and spiritual growth recorded in Lanyu and Qingquan. Ding Songqing came to Taiwan in 1969. Two years later, he served as a trainee monk on Orchid Island, a small island on the southeast coast, and spent an unforgettable year with the Yamei people. In this year, he met Sanmao by chance, who came to Lanyu for a visit, and their twenty-year friendship began. In the summer of 1976, Ding Songqing served as a priest at Qingquan Catholic Church in the mountainous area of ​​Hsinchu. After that, Sanmao visited Qingquan three times and formed an indissoluble bond with Qingquan.