Past Events Like Smoke —Selected Essays by Zhang Junbiao: Works by Winners of the First International Bing Xin Literary Award Kindle Edition

Past Events Like Smoke IntroductionThis collection of 17 essays, totaling approximately 200,000 words, selected by Chinese writer Zhang Junbiao from recent years, truthfully recounts the author's changing family circumstances and living conditions, the hardships faced by his relatives, and his personal growth and progress. It particularly expresses deep gratitude for his family and personal struggles. Amidst the harsh realities of life and the harshness of human nature, many people and events extended a helping hand to him and his family, offering assistance and recommendations that changed their dire circumstances, altered the course of their destinies, allowed their family line to continue, and enabled their own survival and development. With boundless reverence for the creation of heaven and earth, an eternal remembrance of the kindness of benefactors, and a lifelong remembrance of opportunities and destiny, the author poured his heart and soul into these unforgettable essays, expressing profound gratitude and deep respect. These essays, profound in their themes, aesthetically pleasing, and written in simple language, undoubtedly enrich the national literary treasure trove, contribute to social culture, and pay tribute to the civilization of the century. In these essays, readers can deeply and clearly feel the unparalleled resilience and tenacity of the common people shining through the hardships of life; the kindness and virtue of life ignited amidst the blows of fate; and the guiding light of destiny illuminating the path forward and the distant future even in the face of environmental ravages. Thus, they radiate a power that inspires people to bravely face difficulties, possessing a universal and sublime grandeur and a profound resonance with the fundamental nature of ordinary humanity. Read more