Andrew West's Personal Life

Because of her serious illness, Wei 'an was forced to eat meat like medicine after repeated persuasion by doctors and relatives, and once stopped her vegetarian diet for a lifetime. To this end, he expressed deep regret before he died and asked his sister to write his last words. "The biggest regret in my life is that I didn't stick to the belief of being a vegetarian during my illness and serious illness (at this point, some people have been skeptical about me in the past). Under the persuasion of doctors, relatives and friends and my personal compromise, I failed to carry out the vegetarian diet to the end. I think this is the degradation of my personal belief, and saving lives is greater than faith itself.

Andrew West likes hiking. He gets close to the earth through traveling, plunges into the embrace of the earth, observes it carefully, and then draws creative materials and inspiration from it. "The richness of nature itself" made him feel a sense of belonging and satisfaction in his journey of reading and writing about the earth. Therefore, in 1988, Andrew West began to take photos of the 24 solar terms, that is, choose a fixed point in the field near the residence, observe, shoot and record at 9: 00 am on each Boxing Day, and finally form a paragraph. After more than a year of preparation, he formed his own series of essays, 1998: 24 solar terms. However, when he wrote "this became his" greatest regret "