For many young people, leaving one's homeland or staying behind can be an entangled, irresolvable contradiction — much like the dilemma in Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged: those inside the walls gaze out at the dazzling world beyond; no matter how comfortable life within may be, they can ...
Roaming the World In my personal semantic dictionary and knowledge graph, wandering ( liulang ) is a major node, with drifting and waves as its hypernyms. Its hyponyms branch out in lush profusion: sent-down youth, overseas re-settlement, leaping through the Dragon Gate — ...
Morning Glory and Afternoon Collection — Ch.1-2: A Brief Biography of Li Wei by Li Wei (立委) Life is short — trim off the beginning and the end, and you're left with perhaps thirty to fifty years. These can be divided into three stages: the career-building years, the mature years, and th ...
In the land of Silicon Valley, yours truly is a bit of a superstitious sort. And let me tell you, a dash of superstition is like a sprinkle of fairy dust—it makes life downright delightful. The tiniest connections can turn your mood sunnier than a California afternoon, unearthing joy in the mundan ...