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 == Sources ==
-Ba Jin Powerpoint [[File:Ba Jin.pptx]]
+Ba Jin Powerpoint [[File:Ba_Jin.pptx]]
 "Ba Jin." Ba Jin. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>.

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		+	Ba Jin Powerpoint [[File:Ba Jin.pptx]]

	"Ba Jin." Ba Jin. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>.		"Ba Jin." Ba Jin. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>.

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	"China, Chinese Literature & Philosophy : Contemporary :." China, Chinese Literature & Philosophy : Contemporary :. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?catName=contemporary&centerName=bajin>.		"China, Chinese Literature & Philosophy : Contemporary :." China, Chinese Literature & Philosophy : Contemporary :. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?catName=contemporary&centerName=bajin>.
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−	~~"Ba Jin Archive." Ba Jin Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/bajin/bajinarchive.html>.~~
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	"Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil." Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>		"Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil." Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>

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 - Ba Jin (Paper Republic) <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>
-- Noted Contemporary Chinese Literary Giant - Ba Jin <http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?catName=contemporary&centerName=bajin>
+,10- Noted Contemporary Chinese Literary Giant - Ba Jin <http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?catName=contemporary&centerName=bajin>
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 They had two children, A daughter and a son, both of whom had the freedom filled upbringing he wanted himself to have. They each choose their own careers and their own spouses.   His daughter is now a leading member of the editorial department of a big Chinese literary magazine while his son is a rising novelist. [9]
-His wife, Xiao Shan died  of cancer in 1973, which affected him deeply. He said, "When I lose my ability to work, I hope there will be several copies of fictions translated by Xiao Shan on my sickbed. After I close my eyes, please let my ashes be mixed with hers."
+His wife, Xiao Shan died  of cancer in 1973, which affected him deeply. He said, "When I lose my ability to work, I hope there will be several copies of fictions translated by Xiao Shan on my sickbed. After I close my eyes, please let my ashes be mixed with hers." [10]
 In 1983 he contracted Parkinson’s disease, which in his final years left him mute and unable to walk. He spent most of that time in a hospital in Shanghai, where he died in 2005 at the age of 100.
 He left behind a vast amount of writing and shared the wealth of experience from the century of his life. That legacy was the legacy of learning from your mistakes, and choosing to be a nonconformist. He saw both sides of the spectrum, conformity and rebellion, and he chose at last to stay a rebel forever.
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 His first and foremost reason for leaving home to study was, I believe, not for education, although he did study.  I think the primary reason was to get away from his controlling family.
-In 1927 he found an opportunity to study abroad, which led him to Paris, France . Here he continued his correspondence with the anarchist movement, and branched to international correspondence to others in America. His living circumstances and a longing for home brought him back to China one year later in 1928.[4]
+In 1927 he found an opportunity to study abroad, which led him to Paris, France . Here he continued his correspondence with the anarchist movement, and branched to international correspondence to others in America. His living circumstances and a longing for home brought him back to China one year later in 1928.[2]
 == Motivations ==
-Ba Jin drew his inspiration from many different sources, one of which was Emma Goldman, an anarchist writer, who started a correspondence with him which lasted for many years. He referred to her as his “spiritual mother.” [8]
+Ba Jin drew his inspiration from many different sources, one of which was Emma Goldman, an anarchist writer, who started a correspondence with him which lasted for many years. He referred to her as his “spiritual mother.” [3]
-He chose his pen name from the Chinese transliterations of Ba in  Bakunin (Mikhail), and of the last syllable of the name  Kropotkin (Pyotr), two Russian anarchist writers that he admired. [2]
+He chose his pen name from the Chinese transliterations of Ba in  Bakunin (Mikhail), and of the last syllable of the name  Kropotkin (Pyotr), two Russian anarchist writers that he admired. [4]
-while he was in France he heard of two Italian men, Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were imprisoned in America, They were fellow members of the anarchist movement. He wrote to them, and recieved a reply, recounting their story, which touched him deeply. He kept correspondence with them until they were executed. In memory of them he wrote a short story  called “The Electric Chair” (电椅). [3]
+while he was in France he heard of two Italian men, Ferdinando Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were imprisoned in America, They were fellow members of the anarchist movement. He wrote to them, and recieved a reply, recounting their story, which touched him deeply. He kept correspondence with them until they were executed. In memory of them he wrote a short story  called “The Electric Chair” (电椅). [5]
 Upon returning to Shanghai, he dove into his writing career, writing novels, short stories, as well as translating foreign works into Chinese.
-It was at this time that he wrote his most influential novel “Family” (家) which became part of a trilogy called “The Torrents Trilogy” also including “Spring” and “Autumn”.[3]
+It was at this time that he wrote his most influential novel “Family” (家) which became part of a trilogy called “The Torrents Trilogy” also including “Spring” and “Autumn”.[6]
 By 1934, some of his writing received some negative attention and was blacklisted, which forced him to flee to Japan, using a fake name. He returned to China two years later, when things had cooled down.
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 In the 1950’s he still continued to write, but was compelled to write under the communist theme, which he conformed to. He stopped writing fiction, and strictly wrote nonfiction.
-He was also forced to “edit” his past and deny all connection to the Anarchist Movement. In 1961 he said 'I am not satisfied either by the quantity or quality of my works.‘ The attention given to him, proved to be a curse, not a blessing, when he was appointed him to be vice-chairman of the official China Writers' Association.[5]
+He was also forced to “edit” his past and deny all connection to the Anarchist Movement. In 1961 he said 'I am not satisfied either by the quantity or quality of my works.‘ The attention given to him, proved to be a curse, not a blessing, when he was appointed him to be vice-chairman of the official China Writers' Association.[7]
 He regretted his submissive actions and when allowed to, he began expressing his true opinions and criticized the government. He even wrote a letter of support to the students of the 1989 Tiananmen protests on May 18. (before the massacre had started.)
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 During the Cultural Revolution (1966-76). Terror was unleashed on all non-supporters of Mao Zedong. The Red Guards attacked many writers, including Ba Jin. They made a big fuss about his anarchist past.  They saw his independent thinking was dangerous, and claimed he was being  a traitor to his country.
-For a while he was imprisoned, and was also forced to work in a Labor camp. Finally, on June 20, 1968, Ba Jin was dragged to the People's Stadium of Shanghai. It was a televised humiliating spectacle with him kneeling on broken glass, with the shouts from the crowd, accusing him of being a traitor and enemy of Mao Zedong. At the end of the demonstration Ba Jin shouted, “You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me.”[6]
+For a while he was imprisoned, and was also forced to work in a Labor camp. Finally, on June 20, 1968, Ba Jin was dragged to the People's Stadium of Shanghai. It was a televised humiliating spectacle with him kneeling on broken glass, with the shouts from the crowd, accusing him of being a traitor and enemy of Mao Zedong. At the end of the demonstration Ba Jin shouted, “You have your thoughts and I have mine. This is the fact and you can't change it even if you kill me.”[8]
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 He was happily married to Xiao Shan from 1944 until she died in 1973
-They had two children, A daughter and a son, both of whom had the freedom filled upbringing he wanted himself to have. They each choose their own careers and their own spouses.   His daughter is now a leading member of the editorial department of a big Chinese literary magazine while his son is a rising novelist. [7]
+They had two children, A daughter and a son, both of whom had the freedom filled upbringing he wanted himself to have. They each choose their own careers and their own spouses.   His daughter is now a leading member of the editorial department of a big Chinese literary magazine while his son is a rising novelist. [9]
 His wife, Xiao Shan died  of cancer in 1973, which affected him deeply. He said, "When I lose my ability to work, I hope there will be several copies of fictions translated by Xiao Shan on my sickbed. After I close my eyes, please let my ashes be mixed with hers."
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 == References ==
--2  A giant of Chinese literature <http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-giant-of-chinese-literature/2005/10/20/1129775897723.html>
+,5- A giant of Chinese literature <http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-giant-of-chinese-literature/2005/10/20/1129775897723.html>
-- Ba Jin, 100, Noted Novelist of Prerevolutionary China, Is Dead, DAVID BARBOZA
+- Literary witness to century of turmoil 2003-11-24  China Daily <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>
-- Ba Jin (Paper Republic) <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>
+,7,8- Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance <http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/4xgxxt>
-- Literary witness to century of turmoil 2003-11-24  China Daily <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>
+- Ba Jin, 100, Noted Novelist of Prerevolutionary China, Is Dead, DAVID BARBOZA
--6, 8 Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance <http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/4xgxxt>
+- Ba Jin (Paper Republic) <http://paper-republic.org/authors/ba-jin/>
 - Noted Contemporary Chinese Literary Giant - Ba Jin <http://www.chinesecultureonline.org/literature.jsp?catName=contemporary&centerName=bajin>
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 "Ba Jin Archive." Ba Jin Archive. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://dwardmac.pitzer.edu/Anarchist_Archives/bright/bajin/bajinarchive.html>.
 "Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil." Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>
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 "Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance." Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. <http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/4xgxxt>

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	"Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil." Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>		"Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil." Literary Witness to Century of Turmoil. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-11/24/content_284041.htm>

−	~~"Www.smh.com.au.~~" A Giant of Chinese Literature. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. <http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-giant-of-chinese-literature/2005/10/20/1129775897723.html>	+	"A Giant of Chinese Literature" The Sydney Morning Herald. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. <http://www.smh.com.au/news/obituaries/a-giant-of-chinese-literature/2005/10/20/1129775897723.html>
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		+	"Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance." Ba Jin: From Rebellion to Endurance. N.p., n.d. Web. 05 Dec. 2012. <http://www.katesharpleylibrary.net/4xgxxt>