Chapter 3 Prologue of "Fog"

I write a preface to each of my books, but this time I didn't want to write an explanatory note.But one thing should be stated here: I have never been to Japan. I only heard about Japan from a friend in the book, so some people suspect that I used that friend as a "model".This is not true.Such a misunderstanding almost made me offend a friend.When I wrote "Fog", like the previous novels, the "model" I used as the protagonist was not just one person, but many people.I've met a lot of people like that.I was very impressed, so after writing it, it will make friends feel that there are people there.So they thought I was writing about someone, or using someone as a "model".I have had this unpleasant experience in several novels that have already been published, so I make a special solemn statement this time.

Ba Jin November 1931