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The author's writing is delicate and humorous, he does not hesitate to attack the heroine, he is bold, and the plot has ups and downs that are gripping and tear-jerking. It is a very rare masterpiece!

Every era has its mark, and every person has his or her life story. In this novel, the author uses simple and concise writing to describe the various experiences and stories of the protagonist since his student days, in the family background at that time, with the ups and downs of profound social changes, and in the process of studying and pursuing dreams. It shows the life picture of contemporary youth and social groups, including all the contradictions, confusion, confusion, struggle, and various ups and downs of life that are optimistic, positive, brave and persistent at the same time. It is worth reading and makes people think deeply. In this fast-paced social change, under the collision and stimulation of various cultures and complex ideas, and in the context of the era where many young people are easily confused, "How should everyone start their life? How should personal ideals and pursuits match and adapt to the rapid changes of modern society? What is the meaning of life..."

It makes people feel a touch of sadness, the hesitation when reading, the hardships and constant decisions of life. Maybe this is the life of most people. Until the end, no one can tell who is right and who is wrong, what is right and what is wrong. Maybe when you are old, you can only sit down quietly and recall your long life. If you don't regret anything else in your heart, it will be nothing.

The author must have rich experiences, from school to family, from going out on the street to mining. The novel is derived from reality and is higher than reality.

True feelings are good articles! The author has sincere feelings, rich experience, and beautiful writing style. It is truly a masterpiece!

The details are natural, real, vivid, and the emotions are sincere, fully reflecting the protagonist's fighting spirit, allowing readers to not only understand the facts, but also experience the protagonist's fighting spirit of not surrendering to fate, feel his inner world, and resonate with him.

Our generation is struggling in the wave of the times.

Very well written, a great memoir.

The writing is simple, but touching. The writing is gorgeous and expresses the throbbing of youth. The plot is full of twists and turns, telling the true feelings of the world.

The character's predicament and struggles are woven with delicate descriptions of life, making the image of a college student wandering between survival pressure and spiritual pursuits vividly appear on the page. The lines are full of real weight and the warmth of growth. Every choice is rooted in a specific life situation. These details describe Tao Xiangdong's growth trajectory from "using his body to make money to using his knowledge to earn dignity" in a solid and credible manner. There is no deliberate exaggeration of suffering, and it only allows readers to understand the protagonist's efforts and perseverance in the years in a "mixed emotion".

Seeing this experience of the protagonist, I recalled my own childhood and adolescence. The family conditions were even more difficult than that of Tao Xiangdong. My mother raised four of us brothers and sisters by herself. Due to the lack of labor, during the busy farming season, it was normal to rush to the fields after school at noon and afternoon to help my mother with farm work. It was precisely because of these hardships in life that I determined to study hard to change my destiny, and pay tribute to myself who worked hard in my youth!

——On the ideological value of "Looking East" "Looking East" is a long documentary coming-of-age novel with only 150,000 words. I have just finished reading it. I cover my head and think deeply, I have many feelings, and there are a few words I always want to say. This book should be an autobiographical novel by Tan Herongyi, an author born in the 1970s. The author's conception of the protagonist's name is very clever and unique. The name of the protagonist Tao Xiangdong is very meaningful. Tao Xiangdong means fleeing to the east. The protagonist was born in Guangxi, grew up in Guangxi, and studied in Guangxi. After graduating from university, he rushed to Guangdong to find a way out to the developed eastern coastal areas. The author gave the protagonist, or perhaps the author himself, a surname of "Tao" (Tao), which obviously implies a sense of self-deprecation, which shows the author's open-mindedness and his relief from the awkward life for many years. The word "Xiangdong" means both the protagonist's name and the protagonist's yearning for the direction of his future life. Such an ingenious way of naming characters in the novel with puns reflects the author's meticulous attitude towards the conception of the work. This point has surpassed the frivolous attitude of countless fast-food works in the Internet era, which randomly choose names and add up to millions of words. Tao Xiangdong's life experience and trajectory can be said to be the difficult life choices faced by people born in the mid-1970s. Children from poor farm families in the mountains of Guangxi face such realistic conditions together. They have many children, little land, low income, difficult roads, poor people and a hard life. This is not only the siege and restriction of natural living conditions, but also the staged dilemma of social development. This double siege of nature and society has tightly trapped Tao Xiangdong in that small world. He looked at the road leading to the distance outside the mountain and cried out for help in vain, but found that everyone around him needed to be rescued, whether it was materially or spiritually. Everyone felt sorry for themselves and fought stubbornly. Fortunately, there is still a dawn of reading that shines into the depths of the towering and overlapping mountains, and Tao Xiangdong seems to have been born with self-awareness and unique pursuits since he was a child. He desperately clings to this dawn. He wants to change the status quo so much, and wants to break out of the siege of the mountains, yearning for the prosperous metropolis, just to change this life in the future, just to change the life trajectory of generations of people who stick to the mountains. The road ahead is always unclear, but Tao Xiangdong is determined not to look back. This is his silent struggle against the cold reality, and it is also a repeated confirmation of his self-choice. No matter how wide the gap between ideal and reality is, he still refuses to bow his head and admit that his original choice was inappropriate. Pursuing eastward is not only a helpless choice against the pressure of reality, but also his active pursuit of future life. Even though he has complained, resisted, and retreated, after licking his wounds again and again, he still does not look back and sets out again. Tao Xiangdong's experience pierces the tear ducts of readers, but also makes readers laugh through tears. For the sake of his academic future, he cut off his innocent love with his first love in junior high school, Tan Xiangyu, and chose to repeat his studies in high school with a decisiveness and indifference that surpassed countless peers. Four years of hard life in college, carrying gas tanks up to the seventh floor for 50 cents per dollar, working part-time, twice serving as a Level 4 shooter in English, luckily escaping punishment but breaking out in a cold sweat. He took the initiative to pursue his high school classmate Wei Lina but failed. After graduation, he failed to find a job in Guangxi because he had no connections. He could only rush to the free and open Shenzhen. He experienced political struggles in the workplace and failed, several setbacks in starting a business and failed. His dream of a roller coaster of wealth in the stock market was shattered and failed. He failed to do business abroad. It seemed that the first half of his life had been painted with a thick background of failure, and he could only continue to write new stories on the background of failure. However, no matter how many failures he suffered in life, he still loved life passionately, loved the country where he was born and raised, and loved his hometown and relatives. During his trip to the Philippines, he responded calmly and wisely to the provocations and difficulties caused by foreign friends' territorial disputes. During his trip to South Africa, he faced constant setbacks. He showed the pride and confidence of his country and nation and still moved forward firmly. He was passionate about public welfare in his hometown and worried about the future of education. ...... If doing business is the first knee for the author's passive degradation forced by life, and returning to writing many years later is the second knee for the author to kneel to life again, and he wraps tires around the second knee. French writer Romain Rolland said: There is only one true heroism in the world, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life. I think Tao Xiangdong may be regarded as a kind of hero in life. Following what was said above, I believe that "Looking Eastward" is a novel that reflects on life experience and is also an inspirational book. The positive ideological value it reflects can be said to have some chapters that are qualified to be used as Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary school students, and even this book may be a must-read for primary and secondary school students. It allows readers to gain deep empathy with the protagonist while gaining the courage and strength to make a comeback. I think this is the value a good book should have.