Introduction by the Author: In my early years of life in China, I witnessed a foreign invasion followed by a civil war and natural calamities accompanied by human disasters. As an exiled student, I journeyed and lived through three provinces, Shandong, Anhui, and Shaanxi, as I completed my high school studies. In addition, I traveled and lived in Shaanxi, Henan , and Jiangsu provinces, as I pursued my college studies and ultimately earned my doctoral...