The Involvement And Defence Of Human Nature

Dai Houying,with her best acknowledged book Human and Humans! has won great renown in literary circles and sent out the strongest voice in the 1980s-a call for human nature and humanitarianism. Her works arouse great attention for their coverage of realistic life experience,rational meditation of social history,and recognition,understanding,hope and dissatisfaction of humans as well as a penetrating thought of self-awareness,self-reflection,self-analysis,unconscious root-seeking complex and an intense call for love.Dai's course of life,changes of thoughts and unique ways of involvement in society may be observed from all her works. Trilogy of intellectuals has reflected the"contemporary political suppression of human nature"and shown the tragic fate of contemporary intellectuals. It focuses on an individual's feelings, calls for the"human awakening"and humanitarian return in which the writer's personal consciousness is manifested and the philosophical feature of the book is highlighted. Her local complex has determined her writing focus throughout her creation on the local customs and practices in the Huaibei Plain,from which she actively draws on the essence and soul of its culture. In the 1990s,she has done more detailed and critical reflections on human individuals and society.This paper seeks to outline and systemize Dai's thoughts and creative process in four parts,from her unique perceptions in her life journey,emotional talks,explorations of root-seeking creation to her defence of her spiritual home.