“Book from the Ground”

In this blog, I want to introduce Xu Bing’s “Book from the Ground”.

“Book from the Ground” is a readable novel, written in a set of “marking language” collected and sorted out by Xu Bing over the years.

Regardless of the reader’s cultural background, as long as he is involved in contemporary life, he can read this book.

I think this is a very interesting reading experience because anyone with any language background can understand it.

It does not require readers to use any existing textual knowledge, but can be read by directly comparing with the real life logic and things themselves.

The ability to read it does not mainly depend on the reader’s educational level and book knowledge, nor does it need to be obtained through traditional educational channels, but depends on the amount of life practice and experience, and the degree of reader’s involvement in contemporary life.

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No matter what kind of cultural background, what kind of language you use, as long as you have contemporary life experience, you can read this book. Illiterate people can enjoy the pleasure of reading just like intellectuals.

Xu Bing’s art is mostly related to words, which began with a work called “Book of Heaven” twenty years ago.

It is called the “Book of Heaven” because it is a book that no one in the world can read, including Xu Bing himself.

Now Xu Bing uses this “marking language” to write another book that anyone who speaks any language can understand. Xu Bing calls it “Books from the Ground”.

In fact, these two books have something in common: no matter what language you speak or whether you are educated or not, they treat everyone in the world equally.