Among millions of people, meet the people you meet.

Between millions of years, in the boundless wilderness of time, there is not one second earlier or one second later.

Translated into English as:

Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met.?

Through thousands of years, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late.

This passage comes from Zhang Ailing's novel "Love". Extended information

1. Creative background

Zhang Ailing entered the literary world in the early 1940s. When she first entered the literary world, she penetrated the world in "The Genius Dream" "Life is a gorgeous robe that hides lice." She praises life while being sensitive to its flaws. This is also a consistent theme in her explosive creative period.

The boundlessness of time, the threat of confusion, and the collapse of the times, condensed in love, are all flawed. The prose "Love" was written in 1944, when Zhang Ailing was in love. Here she tells the secret of love between the sexes in a calm tone and understatement.

2. Original text of the work

Love, this is true.

There was a girl from a well-off family in a village who was born beautiful. Many people tried to match her, but none of them succeeded. She must have been only fifteen or sixteen that year. It was a spring evening, and she was standing at the back door, holding on to the peach tree. She remembered that she was wearing a moon-white shirt.

The young man opposite had met her before, but had never said hello, so he walked over. Not far away, he stood still and said softly: "Oh, are you here too?" She didn't say anything, and he didn't say anything more. They stood for a while and walked away.

That’s it. Later, this woman was abducted by her relatives and sold to other counties to be a concubine. She was resold several times. After countless thrilling incidents, when she was old, she still remembered what happened in the past and often talked about that spring evening. , that young man under the peach tree at the back door.

Meet the person you meet among millions of people. In the endless wilderness of time for millions of years, there is no step too early or one step too late. You just happen to catch up. There is nothing else to say, except to ask gently: "Oh, are you here too?"

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