Comments on: The Wit Of Qian Zhongshu, Author Of Fortress Besieged http://beijingcream.com/2013/12/the-wit-of-qian-zhongshu-author-of-fortress-besieged/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joe http://beijingcream.com/2013/12/the-wit-of-qian-zhongshu-author-of-fortress-besieged/#comment-243079 Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:29:06 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21051#comment-243079 I read a great book by him called “The Marginalia of Life”, it is translated into English, I think I got it at a Xinhua about nine years ago, and haven’t been able to find it again. That is a really great read!

]]> By: Bruce Humes http://beijingcream.com/2013/12/the-wit-of-qian-zhongshu-author-of-fortress-besieged/#comment-242927 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:14:59 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=21051#comment-242927 You left out my favorite! The sharp-tongued Qian Zhongshu is reputed to have said this to a reporter who was eager to interview him about his much beloved novel:

“Is it necessary for one to know the hen if one loves the eggs it lays?”

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