Vow of the Sea

Name: Vow of the Sea
ISBN: 9787807107316

晓风Jinan Publishing House2008

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Chapters: 13
Series: Buyi Wencong
ISBN: 9787807107316

Summary

Vow of the Sea is a work of youth literature written in high school by Xiao Feng, a young author from Inner Mongolia. It was published in December 2008 by Jinan Press in the "Buyi Wencong" series, runs 171 pages, and is priced at 25.00 yuan. The book collects thirteen short stories of sentiment that together form a body of youthful writing set against the lives of middle school students: sibling affection beyond the classroom, the secret feelings between deskmates, the melancholy of first love and missed chances, and the naivety and risks faced by teenagers encountering virtual socializing just as the internet was becoming widespread. The main thread follows a fifteen-year-old girl named Jing. Jing is the cousin of the narrator's friend Zhiqiang; innocent, fond of acting spoiled, and with a stubborn streak of mischief, she enters her first year of high school, begins to ask vague questions about "love," and gradually becomes addicted to online chatting, treating strangers on the internet as people she can confide in, while her grades slip and she grows quieter day by day. Some of the plot is drawn from real cases around the author, and the story thus exposes the potential threats of online socializing to minors and asks what follows from the absence of family supervision and weak self-protection awareness. The book also contains several relatively independent short stories about the plain, dependable protection between siblings, the mutual care of young friends, and themes of promises and waiting such as "when we grow up." The title "Vow of the Sea" comes from a mood that recurs throughout the book: the promises of youth come and go like the waves, fervent at high tide and leaving only silence when they recede. The prose is unadorned, its plain and direct narration close to the idiom of middle school years—an earnest attempt at campus subject matter by a writer of that generation of internet literature.

Editor's review

这是一本容易被误认的书。同名的电视剧（2004年，陈晓东、高圆圆、李冰冰主演）名头更响，而这本书与电视剧并无关系：它是内蒙古籍作者晓风高中时期的短篇习作结集，2008年由济南出版社作为“布衣文丛”之一出版，171页、精装小开本，气质更接近手抄本式的少年写作。它的价值恰在“不熟练”。没有老练的结构和精心设计的反转，有的是一群中学生真实的语速：表妹式的撒娇、同桌之间的暧昧、网吧里屏幕的亮光、对“爱是什么”的笨拙追问。这种带着毛边的叙述，正好保留了两千年代中后期校园与初代网络社交交叠的那层空气，对今天回望那段网络文化的读者，本身就是一份材料。更难得的是它的关切并不轻飘。书中以少女静因网络交友陷入危险为主线，部分情节取材于真实案件，把青少年在网络虚拟性面前的脆弱、家庭监护的缺位和自我保护意识的薄弱放在台面上讨论，读来不算文学精品，却是一份态度诚恳的提醒。若你想补上网络文学早期校园题材的一块拼图，或需要一本给中学生谈网络安全时能举例的书，这本薄集子值得一读；若期待成熟的言情长篇，则不必勉强。

Who it's for

A good fit for

对网络文学早期校园题材感兴趣的读者与研究者
想了解两千年代中学生网络社交状况的阅读者
中小学教师、家长，用作网络安全的辅助讨论材料
喜欢朴素口语化叙述、篇幅短小的读者

Not a good fit for

寻找2004年同名电视剧原著或改编小说的读者
偏好成熟精英文笔、结构讲究的文学作品的读者
期待长篇完整爱情故事的读者

Reading tips

把它当作十三篇相对独立的短篇来读，先读开篇《她的第一次亲密接触》把握全书主线。
留意故事里对网络聊天与陌生网友的描写，可与今天的社交平台环境对照着思考。
中学生读者建议与家长或老师一起讨论书中涉及的自我保护与监护问题。
不必以“文学经典”的标准衡量它，把它视为一代人少年写作的样本更合适。

About the publisher

Jinan Publishing House China · Founded in 1988

Public information on Jinan Publishing House is limited. Judging from the books in the library, its publishing focus leans toward history, Eastern philosophy, inspirational growth and management. Representative titles include A Century of Tsinghua (1911–2011), along with works on traditional culture and the art of dealing with people and affairs, such as The Way of the I Ching in Getting Things Done, Openness: The Confidence and Art of Achieving Results in Difficult Situations, Shrewdness and Handling. Related authors include Li Zichi, Wang Fulei, Wang Shaonong, Qiao Xin and Wen Fei, who form the press's author resources in these areas. Overall, its books tend to distill lessons and methods for conducting oneself from history and traditional culture, balancing readability with practicality.

Chapter One: Her First Close Encounter
Chapter Two: When You Gave Me Everything
Chapter Three: Angel's Wings
Chapter Four: Love Because It Is in the Heart
Chapter Five: Sisters
Chapter Six: He Made Me Forget the First Time
Chapter Seven: Wrong Love
Chapter Eight: Remember How Young We Were
Chapter Nine: The Happiness We Missed
Chapter Ten: You at the Same Desk
Chapter Eleven: A Bond Across a Thousand Lives
Chapter Twelve: From Then On You Said You Loved Me
Chapter Thirteen: Flowers Bloomed and Fell That Year

FAQ

这本书和电视剧《海的誓言》是同一个故事吗？

不是。电视剧《海的誓言》2004年首播，由付永强执导，陈晓东、高圆圆、李冰冰主演，讲的是欧阳正与闻汐、叶雨的跨年代情感故事。晓风这本书是2008年济南出版社出版的短篇小说集，两者只是书名相同，内容没有改编关系。

《海的誓言》收录了多少篇故事？

书中收录十三篇情感短篇，包括《她的第一次亲密接触》《天使的翅膀》《错爱》《同桌的你》《那年的花开花落》等，主线是少女静因网络交友而遭遇危险的故事。

作者晓风是什么背景？

据公开资料，晓风是中国内蒙古籍作者，这本书是他在高中时期完成的写作，语言朴素直白，出版时由济南出版社收入“布衣文丛”。

这本书适合给中学生看吗？

内容涉及未成年人网络交友遇险、感情萌芽等话题，更适合高中及以上读者，或在老师、家长引导下阅读；书中相关情节取材于真实案件，也可作为网络安全教育的辅助读物。

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About the author

晓风 Author

Xiao Feng is an author about whom little public information is available; neither nationality, dates of birth and death, nor an English name has been clearly recorded. Thirteen of the author's works are held in the collection, spanning two categories, martial-arts fiction and social fiction, with representative titles including The Ancient Bronze Cauldron of the Milky Way, Rain Slanting and Wind Raging, The Phantom Shadow and the Fragrant Carriage, and Between Lake and Mountain. Judging from the titles and categories, Xiao Feng's writing moves between the chivalric world of the martial arts and realistic portrayals of social life. The martial-arts works often take objects and images as their themes, such as an ancient cauldron or a fragrant carriage, lending them an air of mystery and legend, while the social novels tend toward depictions of real life. Some works were published in multiple volumes, such as Rain Slanting and Wind Raging in three volumes and The Phantom Shadow and the Fragrant Carriage in four, suggesting long-form narratives of considerable scale. Overall, Xiao Feng's works move between martial-arts and social themes, and the style awaits clarification through further materials and research.