Ba+Jin

= Ba Jin (1904-2005)= Li Yaotang ( 李尧棠 // Lǐ Yáotáng // ) wrote novels and essays under the pen name Ba Jin ( 巴金 // Bā Jīn //) between 1920 and 1947. He grew up in a large wealthy family in the city of Chengdu, in Sich uan Province, where he became an anarchist and started writing. He acquired his pen name from the Chinese transliterations of the names of two 19th century Russian anarchists, Mikhail Bakunin and Peter Kropotkin. He continued writing after moving to Shanghai and then while studying French social history in Paris, returning to Shanghai in 1928, where he did most of his writing and participated in the New Culture Movement. In 1982, Ba Jin was awarded the Dante Literature Award and the Croix de la Légion d’Honneur. In 1983 he became the president of the Chinese Writers' Association as well as the deputy chairman of the C hinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Ba Jin died of cancer in 2005.

Novels
//Jiliu sanbuqu// (Trilogy of Torrent), includes: //Jia// ( //Family// ), //Chun// (Spring), //Qiu// (Autumn) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Aiqing sanbuqu// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Trilogy of Love), includes: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Wu// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Fog), <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Yu// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Rain), <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Dian// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Lightening) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Huo// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Fire), also called the <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Kangzhan sanbuqu// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Trilogy of the Anti-Japanese War) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Miewang// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Destruction) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Xinsheng// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(New Life) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Disi bingshi// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Ward Four// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Qi yuan// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Garden of Repose// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Hanye// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Cold Night)// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Suixiang lu// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Random Thoughts// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">)

===<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Works Cited: === <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <span style="background-color: transparent; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; white-space: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ying, Li-hua. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">//Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2010. Print.