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| + | Ba Jin (巴金), was born as Li Yaotang (李尧棠) on November 25, 1904 in Chengdu, Sichuan. | ||
| + | Li Yao Tang’s childhood and upbringing is much like his story, “Family”. He lived in a large estate. His parents died when he was young, so most of his upbringing was arranged by his grandfather, who was the domineering head of the house, and it was not until his grandfather’s death that Ba Jin was free to start pursuing his own goals and ambitions. | ||
| + | When he was sixteen he enrolled in the Chengdu Foreign Language Specialist School with his older brother. There he began to broaden his horizons and started writing in the school’s literary journal, “ Crescent”, for which he wrote some free verse poetry. He also joined an anarchist group called “The Equality Society”. | ||
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| + | In the years following his studies in Chengdu, he first moved to Shanghai, and then to Nanjing to study at the Southeast University (东南大学). | ||
| + | While studying in Nanjing he continued to support the Equalist Society and actively voiced his opinions in writing as well as publicly demonstrating in strikes, etc. | ||
| + | His first and foremost reason for leaving home to study was not for education, although he did study. 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. | ||
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Revision as of 21:31, 3 December 2012
Childhood
Ba Jin (巴金), was born as Li Yaotang (李尧棠) on November 25, 1904 in Chengdu, Sichuan.
Li Yao Tang’s childhood and upbringing is much like his story, “Family”. He lived in a large estate. His parents died when he was young, so most of his upbringing was arranged by his grandfather, who was the domineering head of the house, and it was not until his grandfather’s death that Ba Jin was free to start pursuing his own goals and ambitions. When he was sixteen he enrolled in the Chengdu Foreign Language Specialist School with his older brother. There he began to broaden his horizons and started writing in the school’s literary journal, “ Crescent”, for which he wrote some free verse poetry. He also joined an anarchist group called “The Equality Society”.
In the years following his studies in Chengdu, he first moved to Shanghai, and then to Nanjing to study at the Southeast University (东南大学). While studying in Nanjing he continued to support the Equalist Society and actively voiced his opinions in writing as well as publicly demonstrating in strikes, etc. His first and foremost reason for leaving home to study was not for education, although he did study. 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.