Mei Shuzhen's Selected Works 06: Views on Plum Blossoms

Spanning over four decades, the first volume, "Plum Blossoms," features essays on current affairs, revealing an intellectual's unequivocal understanding of national and worldly affairs. In the second volume, "Computers and Tea," Mei Shuzhen offers a rare look at the pressures of a working woman juggling work and household chores, and how to balance them. The third volume, "Viewing Plum Blossoms," captures the vibrant colors of life, making it a rare and diverse selection.

Mei Shuzhen

Born in Penang in 1949, his ancestral home is Taishan, Guangdong.
He graduated from the Department of Commerce of Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Kuala Lumpur in 1974 and worked as an accountant and company secretary.
In addition to writing poetry, he also writes novels, essays, miscellaneous articles and translations.
He has been writing continuously since 1966 and has published over three million words. From 2015 to 2022, he published a novel serialized in Guangming Daily. From 1983 to 1985, he served as editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Jiao Feng.
He has written the poetry collection "Mei Poetry" (1972), the prose collection "Human World" (1985) and "Past and Present" (2021), and co-translated with Mu Lingnu the poetry collection "Mekong River" (1973) by Malay poet Radif, and the collection "Selected Essays of Rhinoceros" (1976).

Preface to This View/Mei Shuzhen

Collection of Plum Blossoms
• Fencing vs. Hedge Demolition
• More than just food and clothing
• I have regrets about my youth
• Backing
• An island is not lonely
• I am not afraid of home
• Dream Back to School
• Jinshan Floating Clouds
• How absurd the world is
• Is silence golden?
• fireworks
• The cruelty of the universe
• Talk to the Wall
• Why the sadness?
• Men and women
• A lifelong pursuit
• One step and the world is yours
• The myth of closure
• The heart is a purification field
• Nian Island
• It is difficult to find a true friend in a foreign country
• If Eileen Chang were in Kuala Lumpur
• Impermanence
• Wounded River
• Where is the love when people are gone?
• Living more mediocrely
• Immortality
• My hometown
• Old Pickup
• Life is finite
• Fat Cat
• One Day in Penang
• Freedom of thought
• Red beans, spinning tops, and big kites
• Nepotism leads to decline
• Love Lane
• Those Years and Festivals
• Is there any hope for us?
• Dream of the Red Chamber
• From Wet Market to Chinatown
• Once a dream lover in youth
• Good and bad articles
• Penang Living is Easy
• Old and New Gurney Drive
• A rare sweet dream
• Paradise Alley
• The tragedy of history
• The troupe is on the move
• Another World
• The End of an Era
• Shocked to hear that the time has been annihilated
• Thirty years later
• Winter Lion
• The swallows in front of Wang and Xie’s halls
• After the trip to Cuba
• Devil's Cave

Part 2 Computers and Tea
• Colorful Clothes
• Editorial
• Difficulty in keeping appointments
• Gas saving
• Body language
• shoe
• Mistakes of famous teachers
• Who to rely on
• Where to find a wet nurse
• Combat
• Cook or not
• Your Heart is Gold
• Small Empress Dowager Cixi
• Finding fun in the midst of busyness

Volume 3: Plum Blossom View
• Wizards
• Tragic Years
• Spring in an air-conditioned room
• Paintings from London (Part 1)
• Paintings from London (Part 2)
• A fond review
• Cinema Paradise
• Books on the shelf that have never been read
• Aesthetic guide
• The West Chamber
• The 1980s film Babetta
• No more thinking
• Slimming
• Others
• A person's future is determined by the age of three
• Suddenly seventy
• Two dogs together
• Injury and loss
• Cash on delivery
• A storybook
• fairy tale
• Meritorious endorsement
• Good is good
• Wedding Congratulations
• Crying Ogi-san
• Individual eggs
• Also a writer
• Author's signature
• Writing is a good business
• Young classmates
• Pei Fan Tour
• Korean Wave
• Mixed
• Gold carving and jade carving are good
• What author
• Traitor
• Peacock Family
• Sea Pine Parade
• Chickens fly and birds run away
• Cat Factory
• Brocade Book in the Clouds
• Umbrella
• See you at the top of Qunyu Mountain
• Old store, new Qiong'an
• Teacher's Quotes
• Changyixing
• Medieval battlefield
• The netherworld of the Siheyuan
• Chicken on the Roof
• Sweetness of Gimme
• Tree Holes and Whispering Walls
• Museum buffs
• Countless losses
• Sister Stephen
• Ningbo Ala
• March 8th
• Difficult for horse people
• Aura Little India
• Fifteen Monuments of Good and Evil
• Pig and Handsome Man
• Saving the beautiful land
• The Master is behind the fence
• Milky white with orange
• Beer and pancakes
• Family Fun
• Hair changes
• Hair is not as good as snow
• Chicken coop hair
• Desolate Hall
• The decline of vegetable vendors
• A Garden without a Dream

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