Only real suffering can drive away the suffering of romantic fantasy; only seeing the heroic tragedy of overcoming suffering can help us bear the cruel fate; Saving a Dying and Selfish Nation: This is the lesson I learned when I first read this book fifteen years ago. Abandonment without fighting is hypocritical, detachment without suffering is frivolous, wiseness escaping from reality is cowardly; moderation, carelessness, and petty wisdom are our fatal wounds: this is what I have been growing day by day in the past fifteen years belief.And all this is due to the revelation of Beethoven. I dare not keep such a revelation to myself, so I even translated this book ten years ago.Now that the whole sky is covered by the haze, we need spiritual support more than ever, more than ever we need perseverance, struggle, and courage to challenge the gods.Now, when the original music industry only knew how to train the skills of the hands, but forgot the sacred work of cultivating the soul, this "Biography of Beethoven" should have a deeper meaning to the readers. ——For this motive, I retranslated this book. A The first translation of this book was completed in 1932, and it was buried under the pile of manuscripts for decades. ——The publishing industry insists that this book has been translated and is unwilling to accept it.But the published translation has been out of print for a long time, and I have never seen it.However, I am deeply grateful to this accident, which disappointed me at the time, so that I can now completely re-translate, and write off the childish translation exercises of my youth.

Besides, I have personal reasons.It was Beethoven who cured me of the century-old disease in my youth, and it was Beethoven who helped me to fight in life. It was Beethoven who had a great influence on my spiritual growth. How many wounds he has soothed,-not to mention this minor favor that led me to the kingdom of music.I do not know how to repay my debt to Beethoven, and to his great biographer, Romain Rolland, other than to pass on my favor to a younger generation.The best way to show gratitude is to give. In order to complete the responsibility of the introduction, I have attached an analysis of Beethoven's works to the translation.I know that it is a superfluous job, but I hope that this effort that cannot match my ambition will have the effect of throwing bricks and attracting jade.

translator March 1942