Ba Jin Manual

Author: Zhou Limin
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This manual aims to bridge the gap between Ba Jin's thoughts, creations, and research findings on Ba Jin with middle and high school students and readers who love Ba Jin's works, hoping to provide some assistance for readers to read Ba Jin's works and understand the development of his thoughts. The manual consists of the following sections:
Chronicles: A brief chronology of Ba Jin's life and activities;
Entries: Explanations of Ba Jin's writings, related figures, and events in the form of entries. Among them, the single volumes of Ba Jin's writings and some representative selected works are included in the entries, with annotations combining Ba Jin's self-narration and scholars' reviews. However, related figures and events that readers are more familiar with are no longer specially listed as entries, such as Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, etc.;
Memories: Excerpts of texts where Ba Jin narrates his own experiences;
Statements: Fragments of texts where Ba Jin expresses his thoughts, feelings, and opinions;
Impressions: Exquisite excerpts describing Ba Jin's behavior by his close friends and relatives;
Reviews: Summaries of viewpoints from representative research articles.