Dialogue | Liang Xia

Which book has stayed with you, and why?

我最喜欢的书是路遥的《平凡的世界》。它讲述了黄土高原上普通人奋斗的故事。书中的主人公孙少平出身贫寒，经历过求学的窘迫、揽工的艰辛，也遭遇了痛失挚爱和意外毁容的打击。尽管生活充满磨难，他却始终守着做人的尊严，在繁重的劳作中坚持读书思考，从未向命运低头。孙少平经历了人世间的酸甜苦辣，但始终不会放弃对生命的热爱。这本书让我看到了作者对生活的无限挚爱与深情。

My favorite book is Lu Yao's Ordinary World. This book is about ordinary people’s struggles to survive on the Loess Plateau.

Sun Shaoping is one of the main characters in the novel. He grew up with nothing, fighting just to stay in school, and as an adult, he works incredibly hard just to make ends meet. He loses the woman he loves and is badly injured in an accident.

He keeps his dignity in adversity. On his working days he reads books and thinks deeply. Sun Shaoping experiences the bitterness and sweetness of life and never loses his love for it. I was so inspired by the author's deep love for life.