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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the rice in the western suburbs gradually turned golden. Walking along the field ridges, breathing the familiar scent of straw, and in the evening watching the distant scattered lights and the starry sky by the paddy fields, I felt I was…

Waking up this morning, I saw that the death toll from the Ludian earthquake in Sichuan had climbed to over forty, and my heart was heavy. At breakfast, I discussed with my son and his mother that we should donate some money; both agreed. I…

Under the night-shrouded foot of Yuquan Mountain in Beijing, all is quiet and serene. A slender new moon hangs high in the sky; beneath the dim street lamps, pedestrians stroll in twos and threes, and a few night anglers concentrate by the Jin River. The…

After the End of Heat (Chu Shu), the weather turned cool and waves of chill set in; by evening, going out for a bike ride, I could already feel the cold. Similar to the weather is the economic outlook, buffeted by the pandemic, natural disasters…

In the evening, the sloping road paved with countless large bluestones at the foot of Fragrant Hills has more charm than it does during the day. The tourists have all dispersed; village children play in the middle of the road. The shops on both sides…

I have never thought my articles were particularly well written, nor that my medical skill has anything outstanding about it. But regardless of whether the writing is good or bad, and regardless of whether the medical skill is outstanding, I love writing and studying medicine,…

The three farming-culture-themed parks—Zhongwu Park, Beiwu Park and Yujiao Country Park—are connected, and adjacent to them, separated only by a road, is Yinghulou Park; these linked gardens together comprise over a thousand mu. Those who live in the western suburbs of Haidian are fortunate; the…

Recently, a rheumatologist at a Grade-A tertiary hospital came to consult me about her mother's illness. Since her mother fell ill, she has grown much more haggard. Being unable to solve the problem of her closest relative has made her doubt whether the medical knowledge…

When my son had a fever, he said to me: "Dad, I can't let my brain get addled by the fever; in the future I'll need my brain to study mathematics and physics. Let's discuss the laws of thermodynamics." And then he really did discuss…

I am often confronted with the question of death. Death is a law of nature: where there is birth, there is death, and death is the fate that no one can escape. We rarely give much thought to how we will die, but when aging…