Confession of the Heart
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Summary
Half of life's exhaustion comes from survival, half from inner friction; half of life's joy comes from simplicity, half from the ordinary. When you learn to make peace with yourself and with the world, you have found a way of living that suits you.
Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who admire Liang Xiaosheng's work and wish to understand his intellectual trajectory and inner world
- Intellectuals who follow and reflect on contemporary social and cultural issues
- Mature readers who, with accumulated life experience, prefer quiet, profound essays
- Those seeking spiritual introspection and value reconstruction through literary reading
Not a good fit for
- Readers who want strong plot and fast-paced entertainment
- Readers with little interest in an essayistic form weighted toward speculation and inner confession
Reading tips
- Read in a relatively quiet, undisturbed setting to better immerse yourself in the book's intellectual atmosphere.
- Read alongside Liang Xiaosheng's representative fiction (such as A Lifelong Journey) to understand the intertextual relationship between his literary creation and his reflective essays.
- No need to rush; it suits casual dipping, pausing to savor passages that resonate.
About the publisher
Guizhou People's Publishing House is a comprehensive publisher based in Guizhou, with publishing directions covering architecture, foreign literature, Eastern philosophy and history. Its library currently holds 232 titles, including representative works such as Liang Sicheng's A History of Chinese Architecture, Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country, The Old Capital, The Izu Dancer and Thousand Cranes, Mou Zongsan's Nineteen Lectures on Chinese Philosophy, Jiang Tingfu's Modern Chinese History and Rashomon. Its author resources span architecture, foreign literature and philosophical studies. These titles show that the press both introduces foreign literary classics, including Japanese literature, and continues to publish academic and general-interest works on Chinese architectural history, Chinese philosophy and modern history, reflecting a publishing profile that balances Chinese and foreign works and combines classics with accessible reading. Public information on its fuller publishing history and key series is limited, so no speculation is offered here.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 第一章 梦是人生
- 复旦与我
- 本命年联想红腰带
- 从前，少年们的收藏
- 从前，洗澡那些事
- 从前，购物证那些事
- 涨工资那些事
- 衣帽鞋袜那些事
- 第二章 爱是你我
- 姻缘备忘录
- 此爱如钰
- 蛾眉
- 羊皮灯罩
- 恋爱那些事
- 结婚·离婚那些事
- 给爱放假
- 第三章 家是归途
- 母亲养蜗牛
- 关于慈母情深
- 父母是最朴素的人文
- 给哥哥的信
- 给妹妹的信
- 当爸的感觉
- 我的乡愁
- 关于“孝”
- 论温馨
- 当年修房子那些事
- 第四章 心是世界
- 校庆寄语
- 感激
- 也许是错过的缘
- 分房那些事
- 城市化进程化什么？
- 关于读书
- 小说是平凡的
- 百年文化的表情
- 如此这般中国人
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About the author
Liang Xiaosheng is a contemporary Chinese writer, born in 1949 in Harbin, with ancestral roots in Rongcheng, Shandong. His original name is Liang Shaosheng. In 1968 he went to the Great Northern Wilderness as a sent-down youth, and in 1977 he graduated from the Chinese Department of Fudan University. He later worked as an editor at the Beijing Film Studio and as a professor at Beijing Language and Culture University. Known for his novels about educated youth, he draws much of his material from his years in the Great Northern Wilderness and from the lives of ordinary people. His plain, substantial style intertwines personal fate with social change. His representative works include *Tonight There Is a Snowstorm*, *Snow City*, *The Ring of Years*, and *The Human World*; in 2019 he received the 10th Mao Dun Literature Prize. His writing also touches on themes of inspiration and personal growth and has reached a wide readership.
