守望

The English title of Changhenge by Wang Anyi touched my heart more than the Chinese name. Only when I saw the two words "Everlasting Regret" did I truely understand what the author really want to tell. Through the life story of a Shanghai woman-Qiyao, Wang Anyi seemly see through the destinate of all the women, their love, their narcissim, their loniness, their worries about lost of ages, deeply projected in Qiyao's experiences. Woman is tenuous, subtle, delicate, slim, and flexible, while man is on the other side of the ruler. How could a woman like Qiyao be understood by a man？Qiyao is cautious but eager to grasp a lover for her in her whole life. But her life ends without anything. Woe to her and all the women like her!

If I haven't known God, I may wear out my life like her. Everlasting regret resides in every woman's heart, at least in my heart at this time. Everlasting regret reminds me of you.