Excerpts
Perhaps because rhinoceros horns once cured Guoxiang's illness, I actually have an indescribable fondness for that group of ferocious beasts. Panhuan stayed for a long time before leaving.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Wang Guoxiang is seriously ill. Although he refuses to show his face in front of me, his inner feelings are deep when he is alone. I can deeply understand the heaviness and fear, because when I calm down alone, my own mood begins to sink.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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I told Guoxiang my idea, and he said: "Then I'll have to work hard for you." Wang Guoxiang He is not good at words, but everything he speaks comes from his heart. In his life, he was most afraid of causing trouble to others. When he was sick, he had to seek help as a last resort.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Only when a relative or friend is seriously ill can one understand the true meaning of the saying "If you are sick, seek medical advice immediately" . At that time, if someone had told me that there was a miracle doctor on the top of the Himalayas, I would have climbed up there and begged for elixirs. At that time, saving Wang Guoxiang's life was more important to me than anything else.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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But I have always been worried about this matter. If Guoxiang had tried Qigong, I don't know what would have happened. There is no possibility of recovery.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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I mourn that Wang Guoxiang was so brave and persevering, worked so hard to resist the aggressive attacks of the disease, and was still tortured in the end The shape is pinned and the bones are straight. And I myself tried my best to protect his sick body, but I watched his life drain out bit by bit, and finally I was helpless.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Wang Guoxiang and I have known each other for decades, and we have always watched and helped each other through adversity and crisis. The ups and downs of the past, thanks to the two people's concerted efforts, were always able to withstand the past. However, in the final fight against the disease and death, we tried our best, but failed miserably.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Trees Are Like This"
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On a spring day, I was sitting on an armchair in the garden, drinking tea and reading the newspaper. Accompanied by hundreds of flowers, we can enjoy the instant prosperity of the world for the time being.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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If it lasts forever, it can be explained like this: There is only one moment in your life when you devote yourself wholeheartedly Once you love someone, that moment lasts forever. There is a period in your life when there is someone who supports each other and weathers the wind and rain with you, then that period is better than a lifetime.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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What you have is always a fluke, impermanence is the normal state of life, and all maturity is Start with loss.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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The greatest sorrow in life is not falling out of love, but failing to truly love someone.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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In 1954, one summer forty-four years ago, Wang Guoxiang and I were at the same time He hurried to Jianzhong to attend summer cram school to prepare for the college entrance examination. We were in the same grade and in different classes, so we didn’t know each other. We happened to be late that day, so we rushed up the stairs together, stumbled, and bumped into each other. Just like that, we began to get acquainted and interacted with each other for thirty-eight years.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Chinese people in the twentieth century inevitably have a sense of cultural decline in their souls, because Our cultural traditions have been uprooted in this century and have been seriously injured.
——Bai Xianyong's "Trees Are Like This"
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Plants and trees are just like people, they need long-term recovery after being injured.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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You treat me one foot, I will treat you one foot, you treat me one foot, I Waiting for you in heaven. As long as a person grows, so does the sky, so why not let him take one step!
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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My writing is to turn the silent pain in the human heart into words.
——Bai Xianyong's "Tree Like This"
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In the gap, the clear blue sky is reflected.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Trees Are Like This"
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Some families have deep courtyards with densely planted rows of cypress trees. From a distance, they look as green as A wall that towers into the sky.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Trees Are Like This"
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The only drawback is that when I look up, I always see the rest of the garden in the west corner. Between two Italian cypress trees, there was a blank space. In the gap, the clear blue sky and long white clouds were reflected. It was a crack in the sky that could not be filled by Nuwa's stone refinement.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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When I was very young, I had a feeling of "impermanence" towards the world. Everything in the world will one day wither. In this world, everything will be destroyed one day, and it will happen very early, so I feel particularly thrilling about Buddhism.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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I hold Guoxiang's hand and see him through the last journey of his life. In an instant, heaven and man were separated, and the bond between life and death was broad. In the human world, I bid farewell to Wang Guoxiang.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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I will not change myself because of the outside world, nor will there be any external pressure that is enough to change me I.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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We look forward to the prospect of life, which is golden, but we are not aware of the danger of future destiny. .
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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After dinner, my father called us for a "fruit meeting", and the table was all yellow. Once the knife goes down, the whole room is filled with fragrance. There is a kind of cantaloupe that has the aroma of mellow wine, so it is also called "drunk melon". It is so good that people can't help but appreciate it.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Maybe forever can be explained like this. As long as there is one moment in your life, you devote yourself wholeheartedly. Once you have loved someone, that moment is eternity; there is a period in your life when there is someone who supports each other, weathering the wind and rain, and that period is better than a lifetime.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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This society is not designed for a few of you. The etiquette, customs, and morals in the society are They are all for the sake of the majority.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Trees Are Like This"
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People's hearts are in danger and ever-changing. Staying together for a lifetime requires many tests and cultivations. , can you achieve positive results.
——Bai Xianyong's "Trees Like This"
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If Greek tragedy originated from the conflict between man and God, Chinese tragedy originated from oil, salt, firewood and rice. Close to the human world.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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Literature may not help a country's industrial or commercial development, but literature is useful. It is an emotional education. If you want to be a complete person, literary education is very important.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"
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I'm not saying that if you accept your fate, your road will become smoother in the future. , on the contrary, I want you to know that your life will not be easy, but after you accept your unusual fate and yourself, at least you maintain your basic dignity as a human being.
——Bai Xianyong's "The Tree Is Like This"