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Source Language: Simplified Chinese, Target Language: english, Translation Time: 2026-05-01 02:20
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By the way, I have written this work intermittently over several months. I feel it is my duty to put it down. Firstly, there may not be many writers with such life experiences. Secondly, even if there are, they might not be interested in writing about such an old-fashioned subject. They might prefer more popular themes. Most importantly, if no one writes about it, this slice of life will quietly slip away, be swept away by the ever-rising and ever-fading tide of history, and eventually result in a kind of amnesia.
Time will pass, eras will evolve, and when an era is gone, we need to leave behind some authentic things.
The work is finally completed, and I couldn't help but exhale a long breath, as if I had fulfilled a great heart's burden...
Excerpt from The Island Under the Sky by Bao Shi
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