Regarding 韩寒

choi

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(1) First thing first.

Visitors to this bbs mentioned 韩寒. I was unaware of anything about him or
her--and had no interest to know.

Then a major American newspaper featured him in Saturday Profile--a column
that appears every Saturday.
Andrew Jacobs, Heartthrob’s Blog Challenges China’s Leaders. New York
Times, Mar. 13, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/asia/13hanhan.html?scp=1&sq=%22han%20han%22&st=cse

I was thinking, "Hmm, this guy is handsome." (Well, American men have warned
me in the first quarter--my university at the time had quarter system which
was soon dropped in favor of semester--not to describe a fellow man this
way, for my own good. But I as always do not listen to others.)

To date, I have not read any of his blogs.

(2) You are not the first one to predict his downfall. See, e.g.,

朱學勤, 引無數老鼠挺直腰. BBC Chinese, Apr. 5, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/04/100405_cr_yong_writers_zhuxueqing.shtml
("這裏說的「老鼠」，也不是資本，而是資本進中國開闢市場經濟，體制外土壤有了營
養，滋生起「副產品」，一種活潑潑新動物出現了——那就是以韓寒為代表的「80後」
、「90後」。* * * 古有金聖嘆，今有小韓寒。 * * * 金聖嘆是掉了腦袋的 * * * 今
日韓寒我估計離官司也不遠。")

My problem with this style of Chinese literature is I was not born or raised
in China, nor did I live before. I simply cannot comprehend--nor have I
heard of--many things(and phrases) 朱學勤 says or quotes in this pair of
articles. First and foremost, I hardly believe Chairman Mao referenced "mice
" in his poem. As I invariably feel, China--and Chinese--are as alien to me
as Mars and its inhabitants.



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choi

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(1) First thing first.

Visitors to this bbs mentioned 韩寒. I was unaware of anything about him or
her--and had no interest to know.

Then a major American newspaper featured him in Saturday Profile--a column
that appears every Saturday.
Andrew Jacobs, Heartthrob’s Blog Challenges China’s Leaders. New York
Times, Mar. 13, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/asia/13hanhan.html?scp=1&sq=%22han%20han%22&st=cse

I was thinking, "Hmm, this guy is handsome." (Well, American men have warned
me in the first quarter--my university at the time had quarter system which
was soon dropped in favor of semester--not to describe a fellow man this
way, for my own good. But I as always do not listen to others.)

To date, I have not read any of his blogs.

(2) You are not the first one to predict his downfall. See, e.g.,

朱學勤, 引無數老鼠挺直腰. BBC Chinese, Apr. 5, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/trad/china/2010/04/100405_cr_yong_writers_zhuxueqing.shtml
("這裏說的「老鼠」，也不是資本，而是資本進中國開闢市場經濟，體制外土壤有了營
養，滋生起「副產品」，一種活潑潑新動物出現了——那就是以韓寒為代表的「80後」
、「90後」。* * * 古有金聖嘆，今有小韓寒。 * * * 金聖嘆是掉了腦袋的 * * * 今
日韓寒我估計離官司也不遠。")

My problem with this style of Chinese literature is I was not born or raised
in China, nor did I live before. I simply cannot comprehend--nor have I
heard of--many things(and phrases) 朱學勤 says or quotes in this pair of
articles. First and foremost, I hardly believe Chairman Mao referenced "mice
" in his poem. As I invariably feel, China--and Chinese--are as alien to me
as Mars and its inhabitants.



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