AliveYuHuaxx01AuthorProfileYuHua（April3,1960-),acontemporaryChinesewriter,wasborninHangzhou,ZhejiangProvince.HeisamemberoftheNinthNationalCommitteeoftheChineseWritersAssociationandnowworksfortheHangzhouFederationofliteraryandartcircles.02BookdescriptionAlive"Alive"isanovelwrittenbyYuHua,acontemporaryChinesewriter.ItwasfirstpublishedinthesixthissueofHarvestin1992.03SynopsisoftheStoryContentintroductionAlive,tellsthestoryofanoldman,aboutlifeanddeathDouZhengShi.Theoldmanlovedonesleftinsuccession,untilhisonlysonalsowalked,heboughtaheadofdying,andthetwosisters.Buttheoldmanisstillalive,asifmorethanformerdaysfreeandeasyandstrong.He'saliveisaresult,alsoisanewbeginning.Thisitselfisveryintriguing.Yuhuasaid:"themanislivingitselfandlivefor,andnotfortheliveoutsideofthenothingandlive."

dominatingfigure01030204FuGui……ChunSheng………………JiaZhen……FengXiaBorninthelandlord'sfamily,heate,drank,gambledintheoldera,andruinedallhisancestralproperty.Hisbehaviorangeredhisoldfather,andthenhewascapturedbytheKuomintangarmyasasoldier.Whenhecameback,hisoldmotherhaddied.FuGuiwascapturedbythePeople'sLiberationArmyandreleasedback.Hecaughtupwiththedivisionofland.Hewasdeterminedtostaywithhisfamilyto"livewell".However,communeizationandthesubsequentfamine,theCulturalRevolution,andthecontractedproductiontohouseholdsallaffectedthisordinaryfarmer'sfamily.Jiazhen,whowasoverworkedandmalnourished,sufferedfromanincurablediseaseandfinallydied.HissonYouqingdiedbythedoctortotransfusebloodtothecountymagistrate'swife.HerdaughterFengxiafinallymarriedahusbandErxi,whowascoldandenthusiastic,whichmadeFuguifeelhappy.Unexpectedly,Fengxiadiedinchildbirth,andthenherson-in-lawErxidiedinanaccidentduringlabor.Afterthepackagearrivesathome.Theagingblessingwasweak,andhisgrandsonhelpedhimwithfarmworkatayoungage.First,Igotsickintherain,andthenIswelledtodeathbecauseIatetoomanygreenbeans.Intheend,onlythepoorFuguiwilldiealone.FuGuiJiaZhenSheiskind,hardworking,resentful,virtuousandunderstandful.Shewasoriginallythedaughteroftheownerofariceshopinthecity.Shewasbeautifulandingoodcondition.Whenshemarriedtothecountryside,sheadheredtoherhusbandandcherishedtheelderlyandchildren.Whatimpressedmemostwasthathecookedfourdishesfortherichandrichandnoble,inordertoenlightenhim:womenlookdifferent,andtheyarethesamebelow..InFugui'swords,"Jianzhenissuchawoman.Sheisdissatisfiedwithme.Shedoesn'tletmeseeherface.Shemakessomeroundaboutideastobeatme."Maybethenatureofawomanissimilar,butJiazhenisdifferent.Sheisthewisestandfamily-runwoman.清明杜牧Lifebelongstoeveryone'sfeelings,nottoanyoneelse'sviews.生命屬于每個人的感受不屬于任何別人的看法清明杜牧Sheissimple,andheissad.Heonlyrememberspeople'shearts.Weareallalive,andwelivetolive.Weareallaliveabouthowtofacethefate.Nomatterhowthefatedistortshumannature,weareallalive.她樸素簡單，他悲痛黯然，他只記人心，我們都在活著，為了活著而活著，關于何種方式面對命運多桀穩住，不管命運是如何扭曲人性，我們都在活著。04ReactionReaction

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