A River of Sorrow was an online literary work that was initially published on the Jinjiang Literature City website and later published in electronic versions on other websites. However, due to the sensitive content of the work, there was no copyright on the platform and it could not be serialised or published. It was an e-reading platform that mainly provided reading services such as classics, literary works, and online novels. In contrast, Reverse Flow of Sorrow could not be serialised or published on the website due to the uniqueness of its subject matter and content. This was also one of the reasons why the work could not be widely spread on most online reading platforms.