The Beginning of a Soldier
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From a professional reading perspective, the prose is plain yet highly charged; rather than over-dramatizing the hardship or glory of military life, it presents, almost in the manner of plain description, the constant friction and integration between institution, discipline and living individuals. This record itself is a precious, de-symbolized observation of contemporary Chinese military culture. It is not merely a coming-of-age story but a sociological sample of 'shaping' and 'self-shaping.' Readers can see the power of discipline and also the resilient glimmer of humanity in a special environment. For those who want to understand the grassroots ecology of the contemporary Chinese military, or who are interested in the eternal question of the relationship between the individual and the collective, this book offers a real texture and a point of entry for thought beyond textbooks.
Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers curious about contemporary military life and barracks culture
- Social observers interested in the interaction between individual growth and institutional environments
- Literary enthusiasts who prefer documentary style and narratives attentive to detail and authenticity
- Veterans who have served in the military and wish to revisit or compare their own experiences through the text
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting intense battle scenes or legendary military stories
- Academic researchers seeking in-depth theoretical analysis or grand historical narratives
Reading tips
- It is best read with a plain, immersive mindset, following the author's perspective into the details of daily training and appreciating the subtle emotions and aesthetics of discipline embedded there.
- Pay attention to the clues of the recruits' psychological changes and consider how external norms become internalized in the individual.
- It may help to approach the reading as an act of observation rather than mere story consumption, which may yield a more distinctive experience.
About the publisher
Universal Publishing House is a comprehensive publishing institution headquartered in the United Kingdom. It focuses on publishing Chinese-language books, primarily for overseas Chinese authors, and its range covers literary genres such as wuxia novels, mystery and suspense, and social fiction, as well as law, art, and essays. Its catalogue currently contains about 220 titles, with representative works including Ximen Ding's complete Yidao Yunyan and the Shanmao Wangsen series, along with Burden of Proof in Medical Damage Liability Disputes in the Civil Code Era and Aesthetics, Calligraphy, and Miscellaneous Notes. Other representative authors include Tuo Mingsheng, Cao Lihua, Qian Baohuai, Zi Fei, Chen Yading, Ou Zhaoping, and Cang Er. Public information is limited; based on the books in the catalogue, its publishing direction leans toward genre fiction, humanities and social sciences, legal practice, and popular art books, and it offers authors one-stop publishing services including editing, typesetting, and distribution.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 作者简介
- 内容简介
- 序
- 1.参军入伍：我为什么要当兵
- 2.参军入伍：我当兵的目标就是考军校，从来没有动摇过
- 3.参军入伍：一身戎装“踏征程，别故乡”
- 4.参军入伍：“车轮滚滚”奔向前方
- 5.参军入伍：初到新兵连
- 6.参军入伍：刚入伍的新兵，在新训大队一定要多注意这些
- 7.参军入伍：我的新兵班长
- 8.参军入伍：怎样和新兵班长搞好关系，对你有什么好处
- 9.参军入伍：“有人的地方就有江湖”，新兵的“小九九”
- 10.参军入伍：在新训大队一个班的新战友如何相处？
- 11.参军入伍：新兵宿舍故事多！说梦话，打呼噜都有
- 12.参军入伍：新训大队的“示范班”
- 13.参军入伍：站军姿
- 14.参军入伍：倒功
- 15.参军入伍：五公里越野
- 16.参军入伍：打靶归来
- 17.新训大队的“大锅菜”，有的吃得满嘴流油，有的却愁得不得了
- 18.参军入伍：三个多月的新训生活，老大爷的馅饼，让人回味无穷
- 19.参军入伍：新训期间，我们参与了“山火”的扑救
- 20.参军入伍：新兵班长爱“挑毛病”！
- 21.参军入伍：新兵班长的口头语：“狗熊是怎么死的？”
- 22.参军入伍：在新训大队你和班长学到了什么？对你今后有什么影响
- 23.参军入伍：新兵战友程五民二三事
- 24.参军入伍：新兵战友王立建，几个班长要揍他
- 25.参军入伍：新训大队有一名“逃兵”
- 26.参军入伍：新训大队开始“紧急集合”训练
- 27.参军入伍：新训大队新兵的休息时间有哪些？都干什么
- 28.参军入伍：我的新兵连——苦、冷、难熬
- 29.参军入伍：新训大队什么情况下要退兵
- 30.参军入伍：班长说：“这几天新兵就要授衔了！”
- 31.参军入伍：新兵下连了
- 32.参军入伍：火热的军营，改变了我的人生轨迹
- 33.征兵季，把孩子送到部队当几年兵好不好？老兵这样说
- 34.参军入伍：报名体检合格后，为什么当不上兵
- 35.参军入伍：直招士官难度有多大？应该满足什么条件
- 36.参军入伍：孩子当兵到部队，想考军校可能性有多大
- 37.参军入伍：父母到部队想给孩子找找关系，有用吗
- 38.参军入伍：“新兵连”如何度过“漫长”新训生活
- 39.警营生活：新兵下连，老兵过年
- 40.警营生活：第一次吃海货——蛤蜊
- 41.警营生活：我们自己“包水饺”
- 42.警营生活：连队的一日生活
- 43.新兵下连后会有点“不适应”，踏踏实实工作，问题迎刃而解
- 44.警营生活：在连队我是这样的
- 45.警营生活：实弹射击，我被评为“神枪手”
- 46.警营生活：军械员兼文书
- 47.警营生活：武警中队的战友们之间有没有矛盾
- 48.警营生活：下连后，第一次在部队过年
- 49.警营生活：“九节鞭”班长——阮金
- 50.警营生活：我的老班长
- 51.警营生活：在武警中队第一次执行“押解”任务
- 52.警营生活：我和武平，浓浓的战友情
- 53.警营生活：好兵“老牟”
- 54.警营生活：“普通一兵”——张福铁
- 55.警营生活：军营“书法家”王伟健
- 56.警营生活：准备考学之“预选”
- 57.警营生活：新兵“阿宝”成长记
- 58.警营生活：准备考学前“如何处理工作和学习”
- 59.警营生活：准备考学之“订书”
- 60.警营生活：我在武警中队参加“小小报道员”培训
- 61.警营生活：不在编的“炊事员”——高勇晓
- 62.警营生活：尝尝老牟班长的“大锅菜”
- 63.警营生活：准备考学之“集中培训”
- 64.警营生活：“进京赶考”
- 65.警营生活：许班长的恋爱史
- 66.警营生活：回忆起我当“班长”的峥嵘岁月
- 67.警营生活：老兵退伍，留队的战友们有的哭、有的笑、有的心情复杂
- 68.警营生活：我的第一任武警中队长
- 69.兵哥哥的情感：见个女的盯着看，交个笔友把字练，抱着电视看不完
- 70.警营生活：红管家“老抠司务长”
- 71.第一次送老兵退伍，默默无语两眼泪，戏称要吃“滚蛋饺”
- 72.警营生活：新兵下连后的表现，直接影响在部队的发展
- 73.警营生活：新兵下连后的前几个月，你做对了吗？
- 74.警营生活：两年义务兵能当班长入党吗
- 75.警营生活：义务兵第二年想转士官，请问：你参加骨干集训了吗
- 76.警营生活：从士兵“提干”需要什么条件
- 77.警营生活：探家
- 78.警营生活：既是领导又是兄长的“指导员”
- 79.警营生活：转了一级士官，是干三年回家，还是继续留队好
- 80.警营生活：新兵下连，连队的干部、班长们都忙些什么？你知道吗
- 81.老兵谈：想转士官在连队应该怎么干工作
- 82.警营生活：连队领导交给你的任务，一定要上心，尽力完成
- 83.警营生活：我干军械员兼文书时，真有一次“擦枪走火”
- 84.警营生活：连队领导喜欢什么样的兵
- 85.警营生活：在连队想晋升三级士官容易吗
- 86.警营生活：为什么有的考军校？考士官学校？有的只能选取士官
- 87.战友之情，情深似海历久弥新
- 88.军校生活：又是一年开学季 挥泪连队去报到
- 89.军校生活：初到军校——强化训练第一天
- 90.军校生活：和“新兵蛋子”拉关系
- 91.军校生活：“起得比鸡早，吃得没猪好，喊新兵蛋子‘班长好！’”
- 92.军校生活：学员们礼拜天一个班的人都想外出，外出都干什么呢
- 93.军校生活：我上军校时，我们区队的“理发师”
- 94.军校生活：“理发师”老孔的“绝活”
- 95.军校生活：善使绣花针的“武林高手”——老赵
- 96.军校生活：半路出家的散打冠军
- 97.军校生活：学员轮流担任“区队值班员”
- 98.军校生活：我的中校教官——刘明亮
- 99.军校生活：军事地形学——野外实操训练
- 100.军校生活：军训结情缘，干劲大如天
- 101.军校生活：上军校后，武警指挥学院首次放假
- 102.军校生活：“弄碗汤喝！”的由来
- 103.军校生活：暑假，我回到了老连队
- 104.军校生活：情意绵长、历久弥新！记我和“明月”的交往
- 105.军校生活：我在武警指挥学院上学期间，参加了一场大阅兵
- 106.军校生活：我在军校也算是“火线入党”
- 107.军校生活：毕业分配时，有的哭有的笑，有的沉默不语，有的放声高歌
- 108.军校毕业来青岛第一印象，凉爽、潮湿、景色优美、马路上一尘不染
- 109.警营生活：响当当的连队，嗷嗷叫的兵
- 110.警营生活：几个班长顶呱呱，流动红旗到我“家”，我排的兵乐开了花
- 111.警营生活：“兵头将尾”话排长——我干排长的几件事
- 112.警营生活：一直记着副中队长的好
- 113.一条不在编的“警犬”，让人欢喜让人忧
- 114.警营生活：“战友手拉手，知心的话儿说不够！”——记让我感动的复员老兵
- 115.警营生活：我干机关司务长，简直就是一种修行
- 116.警营生活：杨助理学“抽烟”
- 117.警营生活：“象棋高手”马参谋
- 118.警营生活：我的老大哥——武警支队警通中队长
- 119.警营生活：支队长善意的“批评”改变了我，直到现在我都非常注意
- 120.警营生活：我把支队长的车派出去接战友啦
- 121.警营生活：五公里越野“偷懒不成反被罚”，惹得大家笑哈哈
- 122.警营生活：我的大队长写“小说”
- 123.警营生活：我的连队，我的兵！
- 124.警营生活：我的战友——上尉警官“孙大炮”
- 125.在武警支队农场，学会了养猪、种菜、扣大棚！
- 126.多年以后，战友之间应该如何交往？
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Sun Jiheng is an author about whom limited public information is available; he is currently known for the military-themed work Bing Zhi Chu (The Beginning of a Soldier). According to existing records, this book falls under the military category and is the only title by this author held in the collection. As his dates of birth and death, nationality, educational background, and writing career cannot be verified, no more detailed account of his life can be given, nor can it be confirmed whether he writes under other names or has further writing plans. The title Bing Zhi Chu points to the early stage of military life, typically involving recruit training, daily service, and personal growth, though the specific content and writing style remain to be judged from the book itself. On the evidence currently available, Sun Jiheng's writing centers on military subjects, with a small number of works whose influence remains to be observed. This profile is based on the facts in the database and makes no conjecture about unknown details.
