''Zhi Hu Zhe Ye'' () is the 1982 debut album of Taiwanese singer

Lo Ta-yu Lo Ta-yu (; born 20 July 1954), also known as Luo Dayou and Law Tai-yau, is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. During the 1980s, Lo became one of the most influential Mandopop singer-songwriters with his melodic lyrics and love songs, and his ...

. The title of the album consists of a meaningless phrase made solely of four grammatical Chinese particles from

Classical Chinese Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese (古文 ''gǔwén'' "ancient text", or 文言 ''wényán'' "text speak", meaning "literary language/speech"; modern vernacular: 文言文 ''wényánwén'' "text speak text", meaning "literar ...

. The phrase functions as an adjective; if someone's Chinese is "Zhi hu zhe ye", it means it is stale and archaic. The album broadened the horizons of Chinese music and set a new model for Chinese songwriting. The album had four hit singles: the title song "Zhi hu zhe ye" (), "Lukang, the Little Town" (), "Love Song 1980" (), and "Childhood" (), previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her 1981 album ''

Childhood A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...

''. The singles from the album remain among Lo Ta-yu's best known songs in mainland China. Internationally, the album was released in 1982 as ''Selective Works of Lo Ta-yu'' () by Fontana Records with two additional tracks, "Foolishly Waiting" () and "Deaf-Blind" ().

Track listing

;Side A # " Lukang Township" () #: Lukang is located in northwestern

Changhua County Changhua County ( Mandarin Pinyin: ''Zhānghuà Xiàn''; Wade-Giles: ''Chang¹-hua⁴ Hsien⁴''; Hokkien POJ: ''Chiang-hòa-koān'' or ''Chiong-hòa-koān'') is the smallest county on the main island of Taiwan by area, and the fourth small ...

, Taiwan # "Love Song 1980" () # "Childhood" () #: Previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her 1981 album ''

'' # "Mistake" () # "Lullaby" () ;Side B # "Zhīhūzhěyě" (), "Archaisms" or "Semi-incomprehensible talk" # "Nostalgia of Four Rhymes" () # "I Shall Drink Wine" () # "Story of Time" () #: Previously sung by Sylvia Chang in her album ''Childhood'' # "Dandelion" () ;Side A #"Childhood" #"Love Song" #: Alternative title of "Love Song 1980" #"Mistake" #"Foolish Waiting" () #: Originally sung by Fang Cheng () in the 1981 album ''Merrily Big Soldiers Album'' () by Fang Cheng and Hsu Pu-liao () #"Zhi Hu Zhe Ye" #"Lukang Township" () ;Side B #"Nostalgia of Four Rhymes" () #"Story of Time" () #"I Shall Drink Wine" () #"Deaf-Blind" () #: Also heard in the 1982 album ''Leaders of Tomorrow'' () #"Lullaby" () #: Alternative Chinese title of "Lullaby" () #"Dandelion" ()

Reception

The book ''Taiwan Popular Music — 200 Best Albums'' () (2009, enlarged from a 1994 list) by National Taiwan University (NTU) students and Ma Shih-fang (), a radio DJ at News 98, ranked this album number one of their "top 20 Taiwan popular albums from 1975 to 1992".

References

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