One of the most influential books for me is Harry Potter. At the first time I read this series books was years ago but the story of it I can still remember. J.K. Rolling builds a magical world in the book that makes everyone longing for. This is my first Western scientific fiction. This magic world makes me understand about how Western scientific fiction different from we.
To Live is written by a Chinese author Yu Hua. I read this book when I was in high school. This book describes a person’s life during the past turbulent years. I read this book after I study the history during that period because it is hard to understand the environment if you don’t know the background. It makes me hating about politics and wars and also let me know that people have to fight for living. Although the road in our life has numerous obstacles, we still need to conquer them.
I-Ching is another book that has influencing on me. I-Ching is an extremely esoteric book. This book was written in 1000s years ago. At that time, this book comes up with an idea that influences Chinese for thousand years. It says human are have to obey nature and try to combine with nature. It’s hard to describe in English. If you know feng-shui or tai chi, I-Ching is they are original idea.
Good variety. The I-Ching has been influential in the "Western World" as well.
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