Chapter 55 Preface to the third edition of "About Women"

The postscript of the first edition and the preface of the second edition all tell the truth, but they are all written in the tone and identity of a "man". Now this "preface to the third edition", I have no choice but to "open the skylight and speak brightly"! Ningxia People's Publishing House asked someone to ask me for manuscripts, but I couldn't respond, so I had to give them long-out-of-print copies—in early September 1966, several books I wrote were taken by the Red Guards for "censorship" ", so far no whereabouts!The book in my hand was found by Comrade Ba Jin for me at a second-hand book stall in Shanghai——I have a preference for this book, and I read it whenever I have nothing to do, not only to meet my favorite characters in the book On the one hand, and because of the reason why I wrote this book, it is very interesting: firstly, at that time—1940—1943—I did have some financial difficulties, and there was a need to sell manuscripts (we were The first remuneration I got was for the New Year’s Eve dinner in 1940 at the “369” snack shop in Chongqing).Secondly, these articles are not written under the pen name of "Bing Xin", I can be "irresponsible", and I can be more free when making jokes.

Comrade Ba Jin took it to Kaiming Bookstore. Now the third edition of this book is handed over to Comrade Caichen, Ba Jin's younger brother.It's like a child doing a naughty thing behind the back of an adult's back, which is self-interested but not harmful to others. Although he is very happy and happy, he can only whisper it to his closest friend!August 31, 1980 (published by Ningxia People's Publishing House in December 1980.)