BOOKS

Hi guys, this is my 4^th blog post so hope it 

is one of the best among the four.

I believe although many of us do not really l

ike to read books, however there would always be a certain 

type of book which we sincerely enjoy. Therefore, 

I would like to share to you guys about the type of 

books I like to read. I think if you guys had read 

the previous posts, I had lightly touched upon 

what kind of books, which is Chinese books 

related to china’s history. In Chinese, it would 

normally be called “中国历史书”. I can 

understand that a lot of people really hate this

 kind of books as they feel it is boring and it is 

a waste of time, including many of my friends,

 but luckily I can tell you with confidence that I 

don’t care what other people feels about me 

reading Chinese books because this is my 

passion and no one can stop me from doing 

what I enjoy J You guys may ask, why would 

I like to read such books? Well to be honest, 

I don’t know the reason either but hey, do you 

have an explanation to why do you like that 

certain food? I guess not either. Anyways, 

this hobby which I enjoy so much I believe 

will help me in both my character building and studies.

However, there is this certain book which I like

 the most. This is the book which first introduced

 me into the world of china’s history. This book is

 none other then “三国演义”,  Romance Of 

The Three Kingdoms. There are many famous 

scenes and chapters in this book. Each time I 

read a different version of this book, I “温故知新”, 

which means remembering what happened, and 

learning something new. However, my favorite 

scene of all is where 2 geniuses fight to the death. 

A Chinese idiom is also derived from this scene. 

It is “既生瑜，何生亮” which actually means

since heaven has already given the world the 

genius zhou yu, why does heaven want zhuge 

liang to be born into this world, who is much 

smarter than zhou yu. In the end, zhou yu dies 

as he already had a wound and after zhuge liang r

epeatedly angering him, his wound split open, 

resulting in him literally dying from anger.