Since 2019, I have undertaken to document "individual history." I hope to preserve and record the life experiences of individuals along with their daily lives. For several millennia, history the life experiences of individuals along with their daily lives. For several millennia, history has always been in the service of nations, kings, and the powerful. In these authoritative has always been in the service of nations, kings, and the powerful. In these authoritative historical narratives centered on grand stories, we see no trace of ordinary people. In that kind historical narratives centered on grand stories, we see no trace of ordinary people. In that kind of history, the individual does not exist, and our entire lives serve merely as a backdrop for the of history, the individual does not exist, and our entire lives serve merely as a backdrop for the protagonists of these narratives. Even to this day, the power to tell history is still not in protagonists of these narratives. Even to this day, the power to tell history is still not in the hands of individuals. I therefore think that it might be possible, in my own way, to record the hands of individuals. I therefore think that it might be possible, in my own way, to record the history of myself and those around me, in order to preserve our memory in this world. the history of myself and those around me, in order to preserve our memory in this world.

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—— 钟莹 ZHONG Ying