Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
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)