Ba Jin
Li Yaotang, better known by his pen name Ba Jin or his courtesy name Li Feigan, was a Chinese anarchist, translator, and writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote The Family.
Background
- Born in
- Chengdu
- Educated at
- Sichuan UniversityHigh School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of Friendship of Peoples🏆 Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize🏆 Commander of the Legion of Honour🏆 honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Trending topics shown first"During all these days Lao Chiu was lying on the bed suffering continual pain. The doctors and nurses did their utmost to reduce his suffering to the minimum, but they could not completely relieve it. …"
"I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace."
"When they accepted their assignments they were not very confident, especially the assistant head surgeon who simply believed in his own past experience, in the statistics of international medical lite…"
"The doctors realized very clearly that their minds and emotions were changing from day to day. On the one hand they were healing the patient, and on the other it looked as if they were healing themsel…"
"I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer."
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1904
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