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This book records the author's life and work in a dozen different places in Nanjing over the past 70 years, such as Hanximen, Xinjiekou, the Confucius Temple, Qingliangshan, Dingjiaqiao, Dudaiying, and Qinhuaihe. They are scattered around literally every corner of Nanjing, each of which is closely tied to the author's particular stages of life. The description of each place is imprinted with personal memory and the surrounding history, leaving traces of a certain time and space in Nanjing. Although this book is a miniature brief history of a personal life, it also reflects the historical changes of Nanjing and the emotional trajectory of the ordinary people living there. There are in this book hand-painted illustrations by prestigious Nanjing painters, which reflect the details of the personal journey and the changes of the times through the juxtaposition of words and pictures.

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Xue Bing, a former professional writer of the Jiangsu Writers Association, is now a member of Nanjing Historical and Cultural City Protection Experts Committee and Vice President of the local chronicle society. He is the author of more than 50 works, including novels The City and The Golden Age, collections of remarks on books On Old Books, On Versions of Books, The Old Family Swallow, and In My Seventies, essay collections on culture Life in the Space of Six Dynasties, The Scholar's Travel, Too Hungry to Choose, and The Daughters of Jinling, and local chronicles The History of Nanjing City, Delving into Nanjing, and Reading Nanjing.

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