About the author
Public information about Gu Yu is limited; currently only two works by this author are held in this collection, falling respectively under biography and miscellaneous prose. One of them, Su Dongpo: A Straw Cloak in the Misty Rain for a Life, takes the Northern Song writer Su Shi as its subject. Its title borrows a line from Su Shi's own verse, suggesting that the author approaches the biography through the subject's life experiences and spiritual character, sketching how the biographee kept an open, unconstrained outlook amid the ups and downs of official life. The other, Fireworks and Smoke, belongs to miscellaneous prose; its title sets two images side by side, hinting that the writing draws largely on everyday human feelings and the scenes of the world. One is a biography of a historical figure, the other a collection of prose essays. Though different in subject, both favor a combination of narrative and reflection, with a plain and unhurried style of expression. Since the author's life, native place, and writing career cannot be verified, a full account of the writing is difficult to give; readers can only glimpse, through these two works, an interest in human destiny and the details of life.
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Rating 3.5★ Su Dongpo: A Straw Cloak in the Misty Rain for a Lifetime 谷雨 Xinhua Publishing House · 2024 This is a biographical work covering Su Dongpo's family background, upbringing, official career, literary achievements, and personal qualities. Inters… Rating 3.3★ Fireworks and Smoke 谷雨 Xinhua Publishing House · 2023 Fireworks and Fireworks is a small, elegantly written book made up of two parts: prose and poetry. The prose records the烟火 of everyday life — a gentle… Adobe Photoshop 2020 Basic Training Textbook Wang Qi / Deng Aihua / 谷雨 Posts & Telecom Press · 2020 Adobe Photoshop 2020 Basic Training Textbook is the official textbook of the Adobe China Authorized Training Center, edited by Wang Qi of the Huoxing …Publishers
Posts & Telecom PressXinhua Publishing House