simple words

March 28th, 2006

simple words is a chill blog (in chinese) by a good friend of mine, musing about books, movies, music, images, photos, life. well, yeah, my kind of thing. she also runs another english blog, t-salon, with a particular focus on chinese media and human rights.

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book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata