# The Borrowed First Person

A Chinese-language philosophical novel about language, memory, grief, and authorship: forty-three days after Xu Weiming's death, letters to his daughter are still arriving.

## Metadata

- HTML: https://glenzli.com/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/
- Markdown: https://glenzli.com/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person.md
- Collection: Dr. Stochastic Parrot
- Language: en
- Published: 2026-07-17
- Updated: 2026-07-17
- Status: published
- Tags: ai-generated, stochastic-parrot, borrowed-first-person, philosophical-novel

## Content

许惟明逐渐失去语言后，借助书稿、书信和录音继续给女儿许青写信。许惟明去世四十三天后，信仍然寄来。

## 目录

### 序章

- [四十三天](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/00-prologue-forty-three-days/)

### 第一部　死者来信

1. [仍然寄来](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/01-letters-after-death/)
2. [盐](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/02-salt/)
3. [测试](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/03-tests/)
4. [迟到](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/04-late/)
5. [代说](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/05-speaking-for/)
6. [末班车](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/06-last-train/)
7. [葬礼以后](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/07-after-the-funeral/)

### 第二部　没有发生的夏天

8. [海边](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/08-first-seaside/)
9. [道歉](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/09-apology/)
10. [母亲的本子](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/10-mothers-notebook/)
11. [行李](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/11-luggage/)
12. [录音](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/12-recordings/)
13. [未署名](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/13-unsigned/)
14. [作文](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/14-composition/)

### 第三部　借来的声音

15. [书房里的第三把椅子](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/15-third-chair/)
16. [已发表的句子](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/16-published-sentences/)
17. [删掉形容词](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/17-delete-adjectives/)
18. [茶](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/18-tea/)
19. [叶芸的声音](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/19-ye-yuns-voice/)
20. [磁带](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/20-tape/)

### 第四部　最后的信

21. [名字](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/21-name/)
22. [她自己的话](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/22-her-own-words/)
23. [旧房子](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/23-old-house/)
24. [回信](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/24-reply/)
25. [遗作](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/25-posthumous-work/)
26. [停电](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/26-power-outage/)
27. [收件人](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/27-addressee/)
28. [第一人称](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/28-first-person/)

### 尾声

- [到过这里](/en/dr-stochastic-parrot/borrowed-first-person/29-epilogue-i-was-here/)