凡心所向,素履所往
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- 9 hodin čítania
Ji Xianlin bol čínsky indológ, lingvista, paleograf, historik a spisovateľ. Jeho rozsiahla práca pokrývala širokú škálu oblastí, od štúdia starovekých jazykov po literárnu kritiku. Ji Xianlin sa zameriaval na hlbšie pochopenie a prepojenie východných kultúr a jeho dielo je cenené pre svoju akademickú prísnosť aj literárnu hodnotu. Svojím písaním prispel k obohateniu porozumenia medzi rôznymi civilizáciami.


In contemporary China, the Cultural Revolution remains a delicate topic, little discussed, but if a Chinese citizen has read one book on the subject, it is likely to be Ji's memoir. When The Cowshed was published in China in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller. The Cultural Revolution had nearly disappeared from the collective memory. Prominent intellectuals rarely spoke openly about the revolution, and books on the subject were almost nonexistent. By the time of Ji's death in 2009, little had changed, and despite its popularity, The Cowshed remains one of the only testimonies of its kind.