Then there were collections of Yu's best poetry and essays edited by Chen Fang-ming, as well as several other books on Yu and special editions of periodicals devoted to him. The Chinese literary community spent a year in preparation for that day.
《印刻文學生活誌》提前開跑，5 月號即已推出「煉石補天 60 年」余光中專號。陳幸蕙繼 2002 年《悅讀余光中：詩卷》，皓首窮余文 6 年，以《悅讀余光中：散文卷》作為 80 壽禮，未來另有遊記文學之卷。