Fearless

Name: Fearless
ISBN: 9787559623096

Feng TangJul 2024

3.5

Word count: 76K words
Chapters: 43
ISBN: 9787559623096

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Summary

Feng Tang's new book, a candid work of self-revelation. The book is divided into four chapters—how to achieve success, how love defies time, what makes a life meaningful, and how self-worth is expressed—and includes well-known pieces such as "How to Avoid Becoming a Greasy, Sleazy Middle-Aged Man," "Find Someone Good-Looking and Fall for Them," "How Love Defies Time," and "My Dad Knows Every Fish." For Feng Tang, this book marks a new beginning: in it, the middle-aged author openly discusses his midlife crisis, his father's death, his mother's philosophy of life, and his self-examination of the past and the future. Privately kept photos of Feng Tang's father, mother, and others appear in the book for the first time, pairing images with text to vividly present the people, events, and things discussed in Fear Nothing. Live in this world without fearing anything, do what you believe is right, and gradually let go of winning and losing and calculation.

Editor's review

This is a candid look back by Feng Tang as he enters middle age. Its four chapters discuss success, love, the meaning of life, and self-worth, including widely circulated pieces such as "How to Avoid Becoming a Greasy, Sleazy Middle-Aged Man" as well as private writing about his father's death, his mother's philosophy of life, and his own midlife crisis. Its value lies in the author's refusal to put on airs: he lays bare his confusions, vulnerabilities, and self-examination alike, so readers see not success-manual dogma but a middle-aged man trying to make peace with life. The book includes privately kept photos of the author's parents and others for the first time, with images and text reinforcing each other to make the people and events more tangible. The writing retains Feng Tang's blunt, roguish voice, but its underlying tone is sincere. It suits slow reading when you feel weary midway through life and want to recalibrate your direction, and also suits readers who enjoy candid personal essays to dip into at random and draw from a bit of courage to stop straining and do what they believe is right.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers in midlife grappling with career and self-worth confusion
Readers who enjoy Feng Tang's essay style and follow his personal writing
Those who want candid personal prose and resonance in relaxed writing
General readers interested in writing about family and the meaning of life

Not a good fit for

Readers expecting systematic success methodology or practical tools
Readers who prefer rigorous academic argument and restrained prose
Those sensitive to blunt, roguish, colloquial expression

Reading tips

Read by the four chapter themes in separate sittings, pausing after each chapter to reflect on your own situation.
Start with well-known pieces such as "How to Avoid Becoming a Greasy, Sleazy Middle-Aged Man," then move on to the private chapters about his father and mother.
Read the relevant text alongside the private photos in the book to feel the emotional interplay between image and word.
Jot down lines that move you and revisit them later to see how you have changed.

版权信息
壹成功十要素
如何避免成为一个油腻的中年猥琐男
比成为油腻中年更可怕的是成了油腻青年
“极品”装腔指南
陪护装腔犯生存指南
九字真言
成功十要素
不怕压力不生癌
未来已来，君子不器
给我写首情诗好吗
中国人为什么不爱排队
贰爱情如何对抗时间
爱情如何对抗时间
找个好看的扑倒
自己穿暖，才是真暖
女神一号是如何炼成的
除了包包，还有诗歌
你不要轻易开一家咖啡馆
有人相信爱情，有人相信灵修
喝几口就成了女神
叁想起一生中后悔的事儿
毫无意义的一天
真正的故乡
我爸认识所有的鱼
没有父亲的父亲节
如何和老妈愉快相处
想起一生中后悔的事儿
最简单的快乐
一只玉鸟的悟空
醒来，在路上
靠天堂最近的地方
一间自己的书房
肆天用云作字
你对我微笑不语
小小的一个人
把美一点点找回来
我为什么写作
想起三十五岁的作家冯唐，还真难过啊
出门看场电影
血战古人，让世界更美好一点
佛界易入，魔界难入
天用云作字

FAQ

Is this book a novel or an essay collection?

It is an essay collection divided into four chapters on success, love, the meaning of life, and self-worth. It gathers many standalone pieces and includes privately kept photos of the author's parents and others, making it an illustrated collection of personal essays.

Can I read this directly without having read other works by Feng Tang?

Yes. The pieces are relatively independent, centered on midlife crisis, family, and self-examination, and do not depend on prior works. Reading it directly may actually give you a fuller sense of the author's candid state at this moment.

Which well-known pieces are included?

According to the materials, the book includes well-known pieces such as "How to Avoid Becoming a Greasy, Sleazy Middle-Aged Man," "Find Someone Good-Looking and Fall for Them," "How Love Defies Time," and "My Dad Knows Every Fish," corresponding to different chapter themes.

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About the author

Feng Tang Author · Chinese · 1971

Feng Tang, whose real name is Zhang Haipeng, was born in Beijing in 1971 and is a contemporary Chinese writer and poet. He holds an MD from Peking Union Medical College and later earned an MBA from Emory University in the United States; he has also held management positions at McKinsey and China Resources Medical, an experience that gives his writing both rational reflection and worldly observation. His work spans social fiction, modern poetry, essays, and management titles, with 23 works included in the collection. His representative Beijing Trilogy—Everything Grows, Beijing, Beijing, and Give Me a Girl at Eighteen—is largely set in Beijing and explores youth, desire, and urban life. Essay collections such as Growing Old as I Live, As a Flower I Have Never Lost, and Let's Meet Once display a candid, quick-witted, and slightly teasing style. He has also written management-related works such as Getting Things Done, blending practical insight into his prose.