Preface to the Soul-Leaving Tribulation (Revised Edition)

The so-called "abyss of existence" can sweep away all the glitz and reveal your true self, but this moment is often too cruel; if it weren't cruel enough, it wouldn't be enough to force you to reveal your true self.
When the collapse turns into a long resignation, Su Xiaokang wrote this confession for his wife. He once used "Heyang" to question the fate and future of the entire Chinese civilization, but when it came to questioning his own fate, he found that he had nothing to rely on except the feeling that the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.
In 1989, Su Xiaokang fled abroad due to the June 4th Incident. While still navigating the "floating" of narrowly escaping the disaster and receiving a steady stream of speaking engagements, a car accident in 1993 left his wife, Fu Li, severely disabled. He was thrust back into a harsh reality, beginning the next chapter of his long life. He rigorously questioned his own recklessness, facing the shock, collapse, and depression that followed the trauma. He accompanied Fu Li through the arduous road of recovery: recalling memories, hoping for a miracle, withdrawing from the outside world, clashing with his son, and incessant self-blame. This journey of slowly finding oneself through the passage of time is also the most humble and sincere confession of anyone who has endured great adversity.
In the 2012 revised edition of "The Preface to the Soul-Leaving Tribulation," unbearable details finally emerge... The pain never subsides with the passage of time, but the years do illuminate the spiritual state. Physically paralyzed Fu Li is the brave one who never bows to fate. Award-winning record: 1997 "China Times" "Top Ten Books of Kaiwen"; 1998 21st China Times Literature Award Recommendation Award. About the author: Su Xiaokang was born in Hangzhou in 1949, a so-called "republican peer."
Many people only know that he is a wanted criminal from the June 4th Incident, but they don’t know that he is actually a “second-generation red” and his father is a well-known scholar in the party.
Many people only know him as the chief writer of "Heyang", but they forget that in the 1980s, thanks to the ideological emancipation movement, famous writers like him may not have a million-dollar income, but they were admired by people far beyond the reach of today's literary stars; wherever he went, countless young people regarded him as a mentor, eager to follow him in thinking about the future of the country.
In 1989, at the age of 40, Su Xiaokang was forced to leave his hometown, his life being shattered for the first time. In 1993, at the age of 44, he and his wife were involved in a car accident, a second rupture. Fate has allowed him to experience life's joys and sorrows more bizarre than those of others, which he internalizes in his writing with a deeper and more profound sentimentality than that of others.

2012-09-01

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