Liu Xingguang's Short Biographies

Liu Xingguang's Short Biographies

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introduced the background of long jia, describing his appearance, including being short and having a broad face.

Then I mentioned that long jia was short and had a broad face.

Long jia is lean and has long眉, thin hands, long claw, and can be very hard to concentrate on writing. He first met昌ri's family when he was known for collecting books from昌ri's family. They traveled together with the people of Wang shu, going around the hall and talking about their lives.

He did not take turns reading each other's works; he would go to bed early after finishing his studies, reading on a cushion or mat, then returning to bed early that night. He often left his carriage at long jia's store for the next morning and returned when he saw the book on the shelf.

Long jia usually drove alone to京市 and Lijiang, where he traveled frequently, leaving little room or waiting to die. He passed away yesterday. Long jia is now missing three volumes of his collection in long jia's family library.

Long jia has left a hole in long jia's collection. His absence may indicate that long jia was very old and that long jia had not made much of a mark on the lives of those who knew about him.

I will explain what long jia meant by "odd" at the end of this section.

In summary, long jia is old but seems to have no real mark on the lives of his neighbors and those who were close to him. Long jia's life was full of opportunities for people to make a mark, such as visiting historical sites in ancient China and exploring beautiful landscapes near Lijiang and京市.

He has not made any marks in long jia's lives because he didn't pay attention to his words. Long jia had no interest in being odd or unique, which may have contributed to the lack of recognition for him at the time when others looked up to him as "the odd person" and tried to imitate his style.

Long jia has died yesterday, and I will explain what long jia meant by "odd" in this section.

I will answer the following questions:

① Long jia is short and has broad faces; they are lean and have long hands. 长吉细瘦，通眉，长指爪，能苦吟疾书。

② When long jia met Wang shu's daughter, she was shy and said that long jia wanted to tell long jia about his life. 王家姐妹对长吉说：“是儿要当呕出心肝才停下来啊！”

③ After long jia visited Lijiang, he was very tired and did not feel the need to eat food as usual. He left his car on a bench outside long jia's store. 长吉有时独骑往还京、洛，所至或时有著，随弃之，故沈子明家里仅存四卷。

④ Long jia had no interest in being odd or unique, which may have contributed to the lack of recognition for him at the time when others looked up to him as "the odd person" and tried to imitate his style. 又岂世所谓才而奇者，不独地上少，即天上亦不多耶？

⑤ Long jia's daughter saw a woman wearing a casual dress in the past when long jia was traveling to京市 and Lijiang. She said that she thought long jia wanted to bring long jia to long jia. 长吉生二十七年，位不过奉礼太常。

⑥ Long jia died yesterday, and he had no interest in leaving anyone behind or keeping up their lives. 王氏姊非能造作谓长吉者，实所见如此。