One more book shop - One less prison

Reputed to be Taiwan’s cheapest bookshop, “Ai-Yue (愛閱)”, which literally means “Love to read”, lies in Taipei’s Da’an District. Bookshop owner, Shi Hao-wen (石皓文), painfully recalls how he got into bad company as a boy and was led astray. Three months before Hao-wen was to be released from prison, he received the sad news that his grandfather, who had looked after Hao-wen when he was a boy, had passed away; this made him reflect deeply on life.

Later, due to health problems, Hao-wen became physically disabled and he decided to radically change the direction of his life. In order not to let down his grandfather, Hao-wen dearly wanted to do something meaningful with his life. To this end, he became a volunteer with the charity Tzu Chi, where he had daily contact with books; this provided him with an opportunity to open a second-hand bookstore. Since then, with the hope of helping more people, he has completely transformed his life, volunteering, giving lectures, opening a second-hand bookshop, and establishing a shelter for those with disabilities.

One more book shop - One less prison

(以下為中文對照)

多一間書店 少一間監獄

URL:https://www.peopo.org/news/285343

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在台北市大安區，有一家號稱全台最便宜的書店，叫”愛閱”。老闆石皓文，有段不堪回首的過往，由於小時候誤交損友，因而誤入歧途，在出獄三個月前，接到從小照顧他的阿公過世的噩耗，讓他開始有了省思。後來他因為醫療問題，導致身殘，讓他因此決定改變人生方向，想做一件有意義的事情，好對得起阿公。之後，他到慈濟基金會當志工，每天接觸書籍，因此結下了開二手書店的因緣。從此，他徹底改頭換面，做義工、演講、開二手書店、成立殘障庇護所...，希望幫助更多人。