Chapter 2 "Set up this record" (2)

Xiaojiao "Shen Bao" (August 9th) stated that Sheng Ada, a local, had an adopted daughter named Xingzhen who was 16 years old. She disappeared suddenly on the 6th. A love letter, the original text says: "Time flies by, and it has been six and a half months in a flash. During this process, I feel very dull, but when I think about it, there is really infinite happiness in front of me. If you count the time carefully, Soon it will be our time, please keep secrets in everything, if you have something, take it if you have a chance, please cherish money, we will need money soon, don’t waste it, fortunately, cherish your body, I sleep in it Thinking of you in bed, waiting on the balcony in the morning, seeing you open the door, I see your shadow more, very happy, please don't miss you, goodbye, Rijian, love books, "

Sheng Sui submitted the letter to the arresting house, and soon he was kidnapped by Yunyun. Cases like this are not enough for training.But that letter was an authentic love letter in the style of quotations[2], and it could be called a masterpiece in "Cosmic Wind". It's a pity that Dr. Lin Yutang went to the United States to give lectures, and he no longer cared about the Chinese style of writing. It is now recorded here for the selection of future writers of "History of Chinese Quotation Literature". According to "Shenbao", the author is Xiang Sanbao, owner of Xiesheng Fruit Shop, No. 479, Pushi Road, French Concession .

CC [1] This article was originally published in the first issue of the first volume of the fortnightly "Zhongliu" on September 5, 1936. [2] For the style of quotation, please refer to Note [5] on page 310 of this volume.According to the so-called quotation style advocated by Lin Yutang, according to his explanation, it means that "slang is not avoided in classical Chinese, but more in vernacular". (See the 30th issue of the half-monthly magazine on December 1, 1933, "How to Write Quotations?")