lost sheep

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lost sheep

lost sheep

Author: Yu Dafu

Categories: words and feelings

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The novel is written in the first person about a downtrodden scholar named Wang Jiecheng who seeks indulgence from a female student named Xie Yueying. The novel hides a deep structure that transcends the text: what Wang Jiecheng hopes to get from Xie Yueying is not the enjoyment of lust, but the affirmation of life force. However, in the end, he realizes that the pain of the soul cannot be eliminated by any means. In The Lost Sheep, Wang...

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