A writer and a speaker
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A writer and a speaker

---Lin Qingxuan bid farewell to life

林清玄
  The well-known writer Lin Qingxuan and I both studied at the World News Academy in Taipei Mushan (later converted to Shin Hsin University). We were classmates, but at different classes - he studied in the daytime at the film department, I was half-time student at the night, studying by books and materials. However, students of both daytime and night shifts often had opportunities to gather tagether, to learn from each other and work together for the school journal—learning interviews, writing and editing.

  The school was built in the mountainous area, and the school gate was situated at the entrance of the cave on the side of the road. It was as if entering a paradise after passing through the tunnel. The school was surrounded by mountains, with the campus on a small flat land. The classrooms were built along the hillside, as a sacred place in the mountain valley that has cultivated countless Taiwanese talents dedicated to movies, television, radio, news, book management and printing, photography, editing etc. Lin Qingxuan, one of the most talented youth, is one of them. After graduation, he did not commit himself into the film, but took the road of writing and became a writer with great literary talents and works in Taiwan.

  In addition to writing, Lin Qingxuan was also a speaker. Invitations for his speeches have been throughout the year, and he was most welcomed by the public, as the popularity was unmatched. The readers preferred to listen to his speech. His semi-bald and half-long hair, in fairy-like shapes, kept him different from other scholars and experts in general suits. He always smiled with kindness, and was full of local flavor. It was also because he was a country child, born with a strong local flavor and unstandardized Mandarin, he could get closer to the audiences. As a smiling writer and speaker, the words are humorous and interesting, and the stories he tells are still very close to people's lives, people could feel empathy with a lot of laughter. Such writers and speakers are, of course, respected, because of which he must be most popular amongst different companies and groups. Of course, the most important factor in a successful speech lies in the inspiring content, and a word can change the listener's thoughts and ideas, even changing the life of a person.

  A good work by a great writer could help him become a spiritual mentor. Lin Qingxuan's works, especially the series of Buddhist studies, were bestsellers in the publishing market. These good works that could be written into people's hearts were the transformation of the Buddhist scriptures after they have been digested and absorbed by his own comprehension and beautiful writing. He would use the prose to grasp the readers, even if they are not Buddhism apprentices, they can accept such essays, not to mention Buddhists. Some people still keep unacceptable attitude if it is merely about Buddhism. Lin Qingxuan's speech was popular because he always gave a lot of personal experiences in life, like stories or examples he has seen and heard. Combining his thinking, he led the readers into his literature and Buddhist world.

  In Lin Qingxuan's speech, he also liked to use his own life as a subject matter to describe himself in a self-tuneful way, like a story that happened to others. Because he talked naturally with a smile on face, he told a lot of hardships that he experienced in his childhood in a most casual way. But every time, he was very touching and people received a lot of inspiration. As he loved to quote his childhood stories, his childhood was really a hundred thousand miles away from that of average person---His parents had 18 children, he ranked 12, but seemed to know his destiny already. He set a goal to be a writer since childhood. There have never been writers in the village where Lin Qingxuan lived. What is a writer, the family did not know, neither did his villagers. His father asked him what a writer was. He said that the writer is writing special articles, sent the manuscript to the newspaper, and the newspaper would send the money in return. His father gave him a slap and said, "I would definitely do it if I know there is such a good thing. You never get round". Father never expected Lin Qingxuan to become a writer. But his mother pampered him very much, bringing tea to him when he wrote stories, and encouraged him to write more articles that would make people happy after reading. Lin Qingxuan has finally become a well-known writer, and his works have affected thousands of people. His ambition and his uniqueness in childhood seem to show his due destiny already. When he came to the world in his life, he came for writing and lived it, leaving many beautiful words and chapters for people to read, making people appreciate and feel soothed, satisfied and most emotional.

  Lin Qingxuan has passed away quietly in his sleep, no pain, which is the highest state to bid farewell to this world, which many people yearn for. Throughout his life, he came quietly, studied hard, wrote diligently and gave out with joyfulness. Especially in terms of writing, it is never too easy to be writers, you must read more books than the average person to grow your own wisdom in addition to talent. You must also write more diligently, so that each of your good works can be appreciated by your readers. Your own name and prestige can be fulfilled and you can take the due responsibility of being a spiritual mentor. Lin Qingxuan not only fulfilled such target, but also did very well with brilliant achievements. In his life, the career of being writer and speaker has perfectly drawn a period, andh he has lived a real life.

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