The Temple of the Golden Pavilion Author: [Japanese] Yukio Mishima Translator: Dai Ke Publisher: Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House

★The masterpiece of Yukio Mishima, a literary master who was nominated for the Nobel Prize twice, and a world-renowned classic novel

★A soul book that explores beauty, a psychological monologue of a person heading towards destruction, a thrilling reading experience

★Yan Lianke recommends reading, Mo Yan and Yu Hua have written articles to interpret

★Yukio Mishima, who is being read by Liang Wendao, Liang Chaowei, Gao Xiaosong, Huang Lei and Zhang Ruoyun

★Won the 8th Yomiuri Literary Award, with sales of over 3.3 million copies in Japan

★Not being understood is my only pride!

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Story summary of "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion": Mizoguchi has suffered from stuttering since childhood and has been ridiculed by his classmates and the woman he loves, but his spiritual world is extremely rich. He has fantasized countless times about the Golden Pavilion, which is regarded as the most beautiful thing in the world. Mizoguchi becomes a disciple of the abbot of the Golden Pavilion, starts to spend every day with the Golden Pavilion, and meets two people who have a profound influence on him. Gradually, Mizoguchi finds that his views on everything are changing dramatically, and a terrible idea quietly rises.

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It is no exaggeration to say that the first problem I encountered in my life was about beauty. I was told from childhood that there was nothing more beautiful in the world than the Golden Pavilion. The perception that there was beauty somewhere unknown to me made me dissatisfied and anxious. Is beauty the Golden Pavilion? If so, then I thought, I must destroy it.

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★ I read Yukio Mishima's The Temple of the Golden Pavilion three times. If a novel can be read three times, it proves that the novel must have a very rich literary charm. - Yan Lianke

★In the shining glory of "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion", beauty and destruction coexist, cruelty and sacrifice coexist, and dedication and betrayal coexist. ——"The Times"

★I wrote "The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" to explore the criminal's motives. Just relying on the shallow and ignorant concept of "beauty" is enough to be his motive for setting fire to the national treasure. On the other hand, it is entirely possible to believe in a shallow and ignorant concept and live a perfunctory life as a fundamental motive in order to survive in the modern world. - Yukio Mishima

Yukio Mishima (1925-1970)

Japanese writer, twice shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In 1949, he published the novel "Confessions of a Mask", which received great acclaim;

In 1954, he published "The Waves of Time", which won the Shinchosha Literature Award and was selected as a junior high school language textbook designated by the Japanese Ministry of Education.

"The Temple of the Golden Pavilion" was published in 1956 and won the 8th Yomiuri Literary Prize.