tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post2770486298338927883..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Hush, He Was Christian: Remembering Lao She, One of China's Favorite AuthorsJeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-28900229371599793852013-11-07T21:35:45.265-06:002013-11-07T21:35:45.265-06:00Very interesting and informative. Thanks. I en...Very interesting and informative. Thanks. I enjoy learning about all countries and cultures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-26167119700981444092013-11-06T07:18:18.013-06:002013-11-06T07:18:18.013-06:00Yes, you are quite right. This is beautiful writin...Yes, you are quite right. This is beautiful writing. Said to be Lao She's best work and often said to one of the best in Chinese literature, though there is so much great literature in the treasury of Chinese culture. So much....sigh. Chinese culture is one of the reasons we need immortality, so we can have time to catch up on what we've been missing in the West all these generations. I'm just having my first taste.<br /><br />Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-50779663324605756042013-11-06T07:12:06.696-06:002013-11-06T07:12:06.696-06:00When I bought Rickshaw Boy, the people at the larg...When I bought Rickshaw Boy, the people at the large bookstore on Fuzhou Street in Shanghai also highly recommended Tea House and Four Generations Under One Roof, both of which I bought and hope to read eventually. These are in simplified Chinese. There has been a touch of censorship, perhaps, because some of the profanity in RIckshaw Boy just becomes a mysterious "x x" in place of the original characters. <br /><br />A modern Chinese novel I purchased and have enjoyed, though am only partway through, is 高层饭局 (I guess it would be Executive Dinner Party), a book about business and the central role of food--I think I like the writing but it strikes me as pretty high level with lots of chengyu.<br /><br />I'm also partway through the English translation of the Three Kingdoms Romance, which in spite of being so ancient, is a good way to understand some aspects of modern business and strategy in China. If you can tackle that in Chinese, then that's pretty amazing. It's a real pain in English as it is, though it's also fascinating. Jeff Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-71691417520123977892013-11-05T08:07:21.032-06:002013-11-05T08:07:21.032-06:00I loved Rickshaw! With the help of pop-up translat...I loved Rickshaw! With the help of pop-up translators, I was able to read it in Chinese, and I was constantly struck how deep and beautiful his writing was. It was the first Chinese novel I ever read, and I have since tried to read other, modern authors but have been greatly disappointed by the inferior writing.<br /><br />I didn't know he was a Christian! Perhaps that explains part of how he was such an insightful writer.<br /><br />Thanks for this. What other books do you recommend from him or other Chinese authors?Samuel Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14807284101507655289noreply@blogger.com