Yi Jianfeng Yang Ying, "Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang" (New Classic Amber Books & Wenhui Publishing House): Led by senior media personality Yi Jianfeng, with the life stories of two middle school classmates who are doctors as the main reason and clues, he narrates a non-fiction masterpiece about the changes in urban social life in the central city of Northeast China - Shenyang over the past 40 years of reform and opening up. In this work of hundreds of thousands of words, the author's account mainly has four problem clues - one is to tell the mechanism and origin behind the change of urban intergenerational class in the context of reform and opening up, and the second is to tell the working life status, intellectual culture interest and social existence ecology of the urban professional and technical class centered on two doctors; the third is to tell the family relationship of the urban intellectual class in the context of increasingly differentiated classes, intellectual cultural backgrounds and living habits The fourth is to discuss the deep-seated reasons for the decline of Northeast China and the possibility of revitalization of Northeast China from the perspective of microhistory in the context of the change of the times. The author's meticulous interview ability, the organization of precision woven materials, and the academic care of "gentleman's not instrument" are all amazing.
Xi Xi's "Qin Tianjian" (Movable Type Culture & Guangxi Normal University Publishing House): Hong Kong writer Xi Xi's new book, similar to "Sentinel Deer", still sets the story in the Qing Dynasty, for an ordinary bureaucrat working in the Qing court Qin Tianjian as a central figure, with the help of the fate of a group of ordinary people at the center of the political whirlpool, to show the vagaries of the political situation of the times. Between the lines, there are still metaphors for the dilemma of Hong Kong and Hong Kong people's identity and cultural identity from the perspective of individual life experience. Sixi's meticulous depiction of details, his warmth and respect for the subject of human life, and his implicit narrative of the complex tension between personal fate and great historical changes are all extremely moving and evocative.
Shang Sijia's Zhongshu Ling Sima Qian (Sanlian Bookstore): The most representative posthumous work of the late young female writer Shang Sijia from the media, in the form of drama, showing Sima Qian's wandering and struggle in addition to the well-known historians, as another identity role of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The whole play revolves between the "Su Wang" Sima Qian and the emperor Emperor Wu of Han around the game of power, prestige and influence, as well as the personality conflict between Sima Qian's freedom as a historian and his humility as a eunuch, as a double dramatic contradiction, the script is epic, the drama is full of tension, and it blends the diverse theatrical traditions from Beijing Renyi and Brecht, which is shocking and thought-provoking to read. I very much hope that this drama can be staged on the stage as soon as possible.
Yang Xiao's "Re-Walking" (Single Reading & Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House): Yang Xiao, a teacher who graduated from the Department of Chinese of Nankai University and has many years of experience as a media journalist, retraced the travelogue written by the southwest united masters and students after moving westward. Benefiting from the training background of Chinese professional and journalist work, the text expression of this book is fluent, the collection of historical materials is professional and rich, and the ability to connect materials and organize narratives is outstanding. In terms of specific content, the historical recollection of the masters and students of Southwest United, what they have seen and heard in the actual travel process, and their personal feelings and life experiences in history and travel reality will be intermingled together. What is even more valuable is that the author can face the magnificent history, the neglected and forgotten people and things in history, and his own spiritual difficulties and entanglements in the changes of ancient and modern times and the life of individuals with a sincere and level-level perspective. This kind of multi-oriented work with big history, small people, humanistic warmth, and individual confusion is worth reading carefully.
Qu Jingdong's Landscape and Heaven (Sanlian Bookstore): Professor Qu Jingdong, a sociologist who works at Peking University, interprets the latest small book of guo Xi's masterpiece "Early Spring Diagram", a famous painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. In this book, the author shows his super ability to read the image text and analyze the sociology of art, using the micro-level paintings, mountains, waters, tree trends and composition methods, the art philosophy and aesthetic ideas displayed in the mesoscopic paintings, and the analysis and interpretation of the overall personality, mood and world view of a generation of artists and literati doctors behind the macroscopic paintings, which are organically combined, and the poetic and timeless and wonderful words are told, which is really convincing. The display and restoration of the song dynasty literati's mental journey of wandering between "entering the world" and "coming out of the world" also happens to be an interesting contrast with the tension formed by the author himself between sociological research ("accession") and landscape research ("birth"), and the reader with a heart can play carefully.
Mo Lifeng's "Mo Lifeng Lectures on Song Poetry Lessons" (Phoenix Publishing House): A popular academic popular science work on Song poetry recently launched by the well-known Scholar of Classical Chinese Literature, Mr. Mo Lifeng, can be called the companion work of the popular book "Mo Lifeng Lectures on Tang Poetry" launched earlier, which is divided into four parts: reading background, careful reading of famous passages, simple explanations of famous passages, and problems and thinking, which combine points and aspects, and lead readers into the rational and mysterious literary world of Song poetry. Professor Mo Lifeng's master's thesis and doctoral dissertation are both centered on the study of Song poetry, so this book is not only his expanded work on the basis of the already successful Popularization of Tang Poetry, but also his return to the original intention of popular academic writing. Its specific narration integrates knowledge, interest and transparency into one, and truly combines professional academic research, personal life experience and mass communication orientation, which is very recommended.
Gu Chunfang's "Chekhov's Rose" (Yilin Publishing House): Professor of Peking University School of Arts and editor of Mr. Fan Jinshi of Dunhuang Research Institute' high-quality oral autobiography "My Heart Is Dunhuang", a new work on Chekhov's research, presents chekhov's pastoral life, romantic love and elegant soul to readers with meticulous first-hand combing, smooth and poetic beautiful text and delicate and moving female scholars' perspective. Although Chekhov's well-known plays such as "The Seagull" and "Cherry Orchard" have been staged many times in China, their influence is limited to major first- and second-tier cities, and in front of China's wider readers, Chekhov is more known for satirical novels and profound ideas. Based on this, the research and narrative of this book is a powerful enrichment of Chekhov's Chinese research, reading and dissemination, and can also be described as a moving dialogue between a senior figure researcher like the author and Chekhov across countries, genders and times. The exquisite historical scene photos, elegant binding and careful design give the book a dual craftsmanship spirit in content and form, which is very worth reading, cherishing and recommending.
Ge Liang's "Tile Cat" (People's Literature Publishing House): The latest collection of novellas by Nanjing-Hong Kong writer Ge Liang, which is composed of three novellas that tell the stories of craftsmen in Jiangnan, Lingnan and Southwest China, namely "Bookmaker", "Feifa" and "Tile Cat". The geographical positioning of the "Three Souths" is closely related to the author's personal life experience on the one hand, and on the other hand, it also presents the author's southern writing position corresponding to the northern culture, grand narrative and political writing. The focus of the craftsman's character is to fully present the author's family vein, classical feelings and cultural orientation. These three well-written stories intersect history and reality, intertwine fiction and reality, and blend big history and small characters, showing readers meticulously and warmly the changes of times, historical succession and cultural rise and fall under the daily life of the undisturbed. Such a text is worth the reader's same intention and dedication, word by word reading, understanding, contemplation, often reading often mourning, often reading often new.
(Japanese) Haruki Murakami's "Abandoned Cat" (Motetsu Bunji Books & Hanagi Publishing House): The latest prose work of the well-known Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, starting from the small story of the return of the abandoned cat at home, the writer's various memories and life traces of his father. The author's expression, focusing on the restoration of the details of life, while being meticulous, makes the complex and delicate emotions in the family relationship clearly visible, and has a vivid aspect of integration with the film works of Japanese directors such as Yasujiro Ozu and Kore-eda. While narrating daily life, the author attaches great importance to the restoration of many key nodes of fate in his father's life, and explores the twists and turns and impermanence of life destiny, which has a resonance effect beyond the nation and the country. And his narrative of his father's experience in Japan's war of aggression against China is based on a humanitarian standpoint, sincere and profound reflection, and I believe that Chinese readers will have a different understanding when they read this content. Although the length of this book is short, both the high quality of the translation and the intention of the illustrations it accompanies reflect the respect and awe of Motetsu Bunko Books for Murakami, a writer who has an important influence and a good reputation among Chinese readers, and is worth recommending.
Zhou Sicheng's "The Three Capitals of The Three Capitals" (Hantang Sunshine & Shanxi People's Publishing House): Zhou Sicheng, a doctor of history at Peking University, is a wonderful historical literary work on the history of the Mongolian and Jin Dynasty wars. This book adopts the writing method of Sima Qian's "History of History" and Shi Jingqian's series of works, and on the basis of extensive collection of historical materials and strict historical research, with a fluent and vivid literary style, this period of history is often ignored or obscured by today's textbooks, media, academic research and readers. In the process of narration, on the one hand, we pay attention to the accurate restoration of the war process and scenes, on the other hand, we are committed to presenting the life conditions of various people under the cover of war, and perfectly blending the historian tradition of the chronicle and the new historical trend of social and cultural life history, which is really commendable and recommended.
(The bibliography of this book list is all read by Gong Weng in 2021, Chinese mainland publishing houses in the first edition in 2021 (not a revised version or republished), and the stars are selected from the four-star or above literature, humanities and arts books, and the reviews are original by Gong Weng, which only represent personal views and are for the reference of book friends.) ）
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