From Love to Nothingness
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy essays and demand intellectual density
- Those with a philosophical interest in love, nothingness, and connection
- Readers concerned with current affairs, ecology, and religion
- Readers seeking颠覆性 perspectives in prose
Not a good fit for
- Readers of fiction expecting coherent plot-driven narrative
- Those who prefer light entertainment and dislike pausing to think
- Those impatient with abstract speculation and跨题材 leaps
Reading tips
- Read by theme: start with travelogues and arts criticism, then move to philosophical chapters.
- After each piece, pause a few minutes to savor and note what moved or disagreed with you.
- When ideas leap, don't force linear reading; revisit preceding and following passages for context.
- Best read slowly before sleep or at dawn, one or two pieces at a time, avoiding rapid consecutive reading.
About the publisher
Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 哲思
- 简单喜悦
- 疯堂围里话疯子
- 三十而知魔
- 的士司机的故事
- 却话巴山夜雨时
- 少些“化境” 多点原则
- 一碗是恩 一斗成仇
- 艺术的“第二感”
- 裸足者言
- 艺术与应酬
- 疯堂天地
- 慎当两头燃烧的蜡烛
- 终点就像起点
- 成为平凡生活的王者
- 改变观念改变世界
- 语言的力量
- 尊卑与樽杯
- 人过留香
- 接受缺陷才能完美
- 究竟谁抛弃了佛教
- 苦闷的艺术
- 奇妙的世界
- 感恩是一种力量
- 自我的枷锁
- 春天狂想曲
- 榴莲与我
- 生死无常
- 浅说中道
- 不关西东,凡医必中
- 恋物滋味
- 停下来看看
- 凡事在于导引
- 一花中见到天堂
- 记忆与轮回
- 人要物质一点
- 隐与忍
- 岁末感时
- 修心为本
- 步行之乐
- 如婴儿之未孩
- 减法法则
- 真正的享乐主义
- 功能的阉割
- 劫灰聚散
- 放下
- 智慧之神
- 也许我们都很脆弱
- 无我与真我
- 沉默主义
- 蝶梦之叹
- 冥想时间
- 美是广阔的
- 万代之过客
- 三种食粮
- 无常
- 学习独处
- 行动疗法
- 松果体和饮食
- 闲话拜火
- 双生火焰
- 负面情绪
- 梦幻泡影——我看《盗梦空间》
- 一寸光阴何止一寸金
- 冲击中的反省
- 役物与享乐
- 的士奇遇记
- 体内的“变形金刚”
- 道是什么?
- 习惯造就自我
- 因果轮回话《云图》
- 《易经》和民主理念
- 不惑随谈
- 都是无常的工具
- 人到中年
- 食物:人和世界的连接
- 环保
- 是该改变了
- 作秀又何妨?
- 真正的“老教”
- 争取生存空间
- 盛夏危言
- 奶之非奶,肉之非肉
- 素食的祝福
- 从熊吃熊说起
- 责任不在上帝
- 你的选择就是天意
- 餐桌原是战场
- 答案很简单
- 健康是自己的责任
- 用心体会得智慧
- 我们本就是奇迹
- 人类自救,刻不容缓
- 斋口和斋心
- 爸爸,我不想地球着火
- 出生的目的
- 钞票就是选票
- 奇迹的种子
- 甲烷和暖化
- 自然遗产更可贵
- 雪莱对肉食的洞见
- 我们都有勇敢的心
- 希望孩子有一个家
- 消费关乎命运
- 气候难民的滋味
- 从酒禁说起
- 理应更“沉迷环保”
- 动物与黄金时代
- 素食诗人陆游
- 动物的地狱在人间
- 生命无价 水也无价
- 谁是罪魁?
- 暖化与素食
- 爱是最高法则
- 对海洋生态的暴行
- 香烟之害甚于核辐射
- 目光放远一点
- 环保是爱的表现
- 消费倾向决定食品安全
- 孙中山和素食
- 抗暖化的失误
- 吃口真西瓜真难!
- 杀生和天灾
- 易牙的残忍
- 疯狂牛仔
- 疯狂的肉食
- 被牛吃掉的西部
- 肉食与生存的矛盾
- 从蒙牛到“牛奶进校园”
- 牛奶和补钙
- 牛奶和癌症
- 牛奶和屠杀
- 奶粉其实很折堕
- 百年谎言下的限奶令
- 牛奶真的安全吗?
- 不要成为动物坟墓
- 钞票的力量
- 暖化意味着文化遽变
- 从感恩节到游牧传统
- 爱狗,吃猪肉,穿牛皮
- 吃鱼:成为毒王之王
- 反狗肉节和慈悲之圈
- 男孩在屠场哭了
- 你敢直视那双眼睛吗?
- 《战马》——心灵共鸣的交响乐
- 蛋、奶不可能是素食
- 吃,从来都不是小事
- 悲惨的澳门赛狗
- 人正确,世界就正确了!
- 节还是劫
- 澳门:拥挤并悠闲着
- 气象、科学和巫术
- 知识和图书馆
- 边度有书就是这里没书
- 实际点,改变饮食吧!
- 禅易相长——我认识的Will Tuttle
- 游记
- 人到洛阳思兴废
- 无可奈何开封事
- 首座监狱囚圣贤
- 幸福的闲逛时光
- 辰州小记
- 台中的榕树
- 半山小住
- 法国小镇的笑脸
- 蔚蓝海岸走马光影
- 天使与圣地
- 圣保罗和埃兹
- 巴黎地铁
- 洛杉矶坐车奇遇
- 追求自由——Mike在美国寻求庇护
- 水晶大教堂
- 燕子教堂的废墟园林
- 燕子教堂的故事
- 圣地亚哥的Loving Hut
- 情迷圣地亚哥
- 古北口小记
- 沉静的武功山
- 中秋诗会散记
- 草原掠影
- 石榴城印象
- 时评
- 和谐非单调
- 让人心寒的“废除中医”运动
- 今天你被指代了吗?
- 小城更需距离而非团结
- 当诗人需要公约
- 天桥下的枪声
- 坏人或是制度产物
- 新闻自由和新闻责任
- 良禽与赌城
- 学习开源
- 澳门的无产阶层
- 奇妙的施予
- 杂谈
- “大易”中文输入值得推广
- 从珠海到海珠
- 李白的可爱
- 诗人国士一文长
- 读《磨盘拾翠》
- 愚公移书
- 保持全然
- 桃在五月
- 横尸酒场君莫笑
- 心和瘾
- 对抗或逃避
- 宋词和宋瓷
- 两种情感中心
- 多核心头脑
- 肉食上瘾的原因
- 有文学才有文创
- 王石谷——画史中的令狐冲
- 勿读无益之书
- 任人唯亲和排资论辈
- 回乡散记
- 告别“笔成气候”
- 小小奇迹
- Jeff传奇
- 水的承载者
- 无题的话题
- 你的名字,我的思念
- 语言如衣服
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About the author
Ling Gu: currently, public information is limited, and details of the author's life, such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background, are not clearly recorded. Judging from the library's holdings, Ling Gu has only one work, From Love to Nothingness, which is classified under miscellaneous prose. It can therefore be inferred that Ling Gu's writing mainly relies on the essay form, using informal prose to explore questions of emotion and existence. The title itself already reveals the work's dual orientation: at one end lies the concrete and intimate idea of love, at the other the abstract and distant notion of nothingness; the tension between them forms the book's basic thread. In terms of method, such prose often does not depend on a complete plot but values the texture of language and the flow of thought, reaching a certain introspective expression through fragmentary narration. Owing to limited materials, Ling Gu's full body of work and its influence in literary circles are difficult to assess; the above observations can only be made on the basis of the existing work.