Quote of the day
That liberty is a great thing we may know from our own feelings, and we may likewise judge so from the conduct of the white-people, in the late war.
Ba Jin
Born: November 25, 1904
Died: October 17, 2005 (aged 100)
Bio: Li Yaotang, courtesy name Feigan, is considered to be one of the most important and widely read Chinese writers of the 20th century.
Known for:
- The Family (1958)
- Ward Four: A Novel of Wartime China (1999)
- The Autobiography of Ba Jin
- The Family: a contemporary Chinese classic (1995)
- Nuit glacée (1946)
Ba Jin Quotes