Coiled Serpents
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A good fit for
- Readers who enjoy historical and cultural-relic subjects
- Readers interested in intellectual life and the academic ecosystem
- Readers who prefer serious literature and reflective narration
Not a good fit for
- Web-novel readers seeking fast pacing and strong plot
- Readers looking only for light entertainment
Reading tips
- It helps to learn a little about the Marquis Yi of Zeng zun-pan and coiled-serpent patterns before reading
- Watch the contrast among the choices of Zeng Benzhi, Zheng Xiong, and Hao Wenzhang—this is the heart of the book
- Don't labor over every word in academic discussion passages; grasp how they echo the central mystery
About the publisher
Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House takes modern and contemporary Chinese literature and folk literature as important publishing directions, while also covering social novels, classic works, and prose and miscellaneous writings, and has long introduced foreign literature and philosophical works. Its books include masterpieces such as Lao She's Teahouse and Camel Xiangzi, Lu Xun's Call to Arms and Wandering and Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk, and Xiao Hong's Tales of Hulan River, as well as translations such as Gilles Deleuze's Nietzsche and Philosophy, Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Pillars of the Earth trilogy. Its authors include Lao She, Lu Xun, Xiao Hong, Zhou Ying, Liu Yuyu, and Jiang Yi, reflecting a publishing character that balances original literature, academic translation, and general reading.
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About the author
Liu Xinglong, born in 1956 in Huangzhou, Hubei, with ancestral roots in Tuanfeng, is a contemporary Chinese realist writer. In his early years he worked as a water conservancy construction worker and a valve factory laborer, and in 1984 he published his first work, Black Butterfly, Black Butterfly... His writing is rooted in real life, often drawing on rural society and the lives of ordinary people, with plain yet warm prose. His representative works include Fengqin, The Skywalker, and Saint Heaven's Gate; The Skywalker won the 8th Mao Dun Literature Prize, and Carrying Tea to Beijing won the Lu Xun Literature Prize. The library holds 14 of his works, including The Skywalker, Selected Works of Liu Xinglong, Life Is Labor and Benevolence, Drunk in the Autumn Wind, If the Days Ahead Are Long, and Listening for Leaks, commonly categorized as social fiction and classic works. He has served as chairman of the Hubei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and has long focused on the fate and dignity of ordinary people.
