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Is it because of greed, or is the world in chaos? Is it to maintain a meager existence, or for these millions of dawns? How can we break this troubled world where the people are in dire straits? Will they be destroyed by the Mongols and become slaves of subjugation? Lin Yun stared expressionlessly at the thousands of Mongolian troops rushing towards him, but he was still thinking about these issues. Watching the two armies merge, he used mechanical command to repel the enemy again. After this battle, there was no longer Lin Yun in the officialdom and the Southern Song Dynasty court...

This is a collection of prose essays by the famous writer Gu Jian. It contains nearly forty articles of various types, including those reviewing past events in the literary world and some fondly remembering old friends. The book is divided into three parts: Volume One, "Long Ink Scattered Chapters," which contains miscellaneous articles that record various moods and some traces of work and life; Volume Two, "Emotions Behind the Pen," which shows the letters and figures of some writers; Volume Three, "Gathering and Dispersion," which tells the story of several painters and writers who presented calligraphy and paintings to the author.

This is a record of the literary exchanges between Gu Jian, the "literary messenger" from the three places across the Taiwan Strait. What we read from it are the shining names in the contemporary literary world: Wang Zengqi, Dai Houying, Gu Cheng, Wang Xiyan, Lin Haiyin, Qian Zhongshu, Jia Zhifang, Xu Jie, Ke Ling... The above can be roughly divided into two Category: first, notes on letters but also about people, such as "The Warmth of Wang Zengqi's Letters" and "Dai Houying's Letters"; second, mainly about people, such as "Nie Hualing who went through "Three Lives and Three Worlds"" and "Lu Wenfu, a friend enough". Whether writing about friendships in the literary world or correspondence, they are all filled with vivid writing. A large number of the letters have been disclosed for the first time and contain a large number of little-known details in the literary world.