Mandarin Duck 674

鴛鴦六７４

“Everyone may be dealt bad cards, and playing the bad cards in your hand well is the only thing we can do in life.
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"Mandarin Duck Six, Seven, and Four" are the worst four cards in a Pai Gow game. With these, you're 99% likely to lose. "Mandarin Duck Six" is two sixes of different suits. "Seven Four" is a seven and a four.
Ma Jiahui uses bad cards as a metaphor to write about the impermanence of the world and the courage of men and women from all walks of life to ride the wind and waves - gambling with opportunities, gambling with love, gambling with fate, being pressed on the monument of the times, laughing, singing, and shouting, keeping true feelings and living up to themselves in adversity.
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Under the veil of night, Hong Kong's people yearn for one last burst of unbridled joy. The "Dragon Bathing Ceremony" of the charismatic leader, Shao Ya Bing, is about to begin. Brothers, bar girls, foreigners, Hong Kong police, and prominent figures in politics and business will all be in attendance. Face after face, like characters from yesterday's stage, push Ah Bing, from "Little Bing" to "Brother Bing." His wife, Ah Bing, known as the "Ninth Sister of Shantou," once blamed him for his lack of ambition and resented his philandering. They briefly strayed and betrayed each other, but ultimately, they shared a common destiny, accompanying him through life's trials and tribulations.
At this grand banquet, Ah Bing had intended to announce his retirement from martial arts, but he vanished without a trace that very day. The answer lies in the three cards he drew...

2020-09-01

花城出版社

400

9787536091689