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Ba Jin

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Also known as Li Yaotang, Li Feigan, Pa Chin, Pa Kin

Chinese novelist and anarchist activist (1904-2005)

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Ba Jin was a writer who lived from 1904 to 2005. He is the author of 428 works, including *Xifeng*, *Ba Jin Sanwen Ji*, *Ba Jin Duanpian Xiaoshuo Ji*, *Haidi Meng*, and *Diandian*. His writings have been referenced by 999 other encyclopedia articles.

In his own words, Ba Jin stated, "You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me." He also noted, "I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me."

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Person · Open Library

Born
1904
Died
2005
Works
428

Top works

  • 西風
  • 巴金散文集
  • 巴金短篇小說集
  • 海底夢
  • 點滴

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
DE

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
2
Total plays
6

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Quotes

  • He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bitterness; he would bear anything rather than oppose a person directly. Nor did it ever occur to him to wonder whether this forbearance might not be harmful to others.
  • The unreasonable social system, the marriage without freedom, the yoke of traditional ideas, and the family autocracy, destroyed we don't know how many young souls. In my twenty eight years, I already had it accumulated so many, so many shadows. In that autumn smile, in that smiling which was the same as crying, I saw the young people's corpses in the whole past generation. It was as if I heard a painful sound saying: "This must be ended."
  • Victory is for them, not for us. We have not made profit out of our country's misfortune. Victory does not bring us luck.
  • I felt a joy in my heart, which seemed filled with love, love for the sun, the snow, the wind and the hills, love for everything around me. It was in this mood that I walked down the snow-covered path dotted with black footprints. Further down the footprints mingled and made dirty little puddles. I picked my way over the thickest snow because I loved the crunching of snow underfoot. With the sunlight pouring down and a breeze in my face I felt that balmy spring was coming to meet me.
  • You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me.
  • I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.

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Key facts

Born
Li Yaotang / Li Feigan , ( 1904-11-25 ) 25 November 1904, Chengdu , Sichuan, Qing China
Died
17 October 2005 (2005-10-17) (aged 100), Shanghai , China
Pen name
Ba Jin
Occupation
Novelist
Notable works
Turbulent Stream: The Family , Spring , and Autumn , Love Trilogy: Fog , Rain , and Lightning
Notable awards
1983: Legion of Honour , 1990: Fukuoka Prize (special prize)
Spouse
Xiao Shan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1936 ; died 1972 ) ​
Children
Li Xiaolin, Li Xiao

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Li
Named after
Peter Kropotkin
Gender
male
Citizenship
China
Place of birth
Chengdu
Place of death
Shanghai
Occupation
politician
Languages spoken
Chinese
Religion
atheism
Image
巴金1938.jpg
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Commons category
Ba Jin
date of birth
1904-11-25
date of death
2005-10-17
medical condition
Parkinson's disease
cause of death
Parkinson's disease
manner of death
natural causes
pseudonym
Ba Jin
writing language
Chinese
name in native language
巴金
influenced by
Julio Baghy
subject has role
centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview

Alternative Chinese name Traditional Chinese李堯棠 Simplified Chinese李尧棠

Li Yaotang (Chinese: 李堯棠; pinyin: Lǐ Yáotáng; 25 November 1904 – 17 October 2005), better known by his pen name Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: Bā Jīn) or his courtesy name Li Feigan (Chinese: 李芾甘; pinyin: Lǐ Fèigān), 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.

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