Dialogue | Wu xia

Which book has stayed with you, and why?

我最喜欢的是《飘》。很多人看这本书是看爱情，但我看的是斯嘉丽身上那股咬牙活下去的狠劲。书里最戳我的，是她饿极了的时候，抓着泥土发誓再也不要挨饿。那种为了生存不管不顾、绝不认输的生命力，给了我特别大的力量。

生活里总有觉得快熬不下去、特别难的时候，但每次想到斯嘉丽，我就觉得，只要自己还有一双手，不管遇到什么绝境都能撑过去。人不需要永远体面，但一定要有绝不低头的韧性。

我们走出乡村并不容易，在城市守护自己的农民品性和初心，在什么时候都为理想，无论从哪个方面突围，都是超越自己完善自己。

Gone with the Wind is my favorite book. Some would say the best thing about the book is the romance, but what has always stuck with me is Scarlett’s determination to keep going. What touched me the most was when she was starving, grabbed a handful of dirt and promised she would never go hungry again. Something about that desperation, that refusal to quit—it just got to me.

Sometimes life gets so hard I think I can’t go on. But whenever I think of Scarlett, I tell myself that as long as I have my own two hands I can get through anything, no matter how desperate things seem.

It wasn’t easy moving from the country to the city. But we can never forget where we came from, the values we were raised with, or what we set out to do. Whatever gets in the way, we just have to keep going. Every time you make it through something tough, you come out a little stronger.