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Ba Jin


Born
in Chengdu, China
November 25, 1904

Died
October 17, 2005

Website

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Politics

Influences
Emile Zola, Ivan Turgenev, Alexandr Herzen, Anton Chekhov, Emma Goldma ...more


Ba Jin (巴金) took this pen name from Russian anarchists Bakunin and Kropotkin.

Known also as "Pa Chin" ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 2,066 ratings · 210 reviews · 240 distinct works • Similar authors
Family
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3.89 avg rating — 1,576 ratings — published 1933 — 31 editions
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Cold Nights
3.80 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 1947
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《家》《春》《秋》（套装共三册，激流三部曲，一代文坛巨...
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4.36 avg rating — 96 ratings — 4 editions
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春
4.01 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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Autumn (with MP3)
4.14 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1962 — 16 editions
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Autumn in spring
3.39 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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Ward Four: A Novel of Warti...
3.40 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions
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La pagode de la longévité
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3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions
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随想录
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4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions
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家 （缩写版）
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3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
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Series by Ba Jin

Family 春 Autumn 《家》《春》《秋》（套装共三册，激流三部曲，一代文坛巨...
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3.93 avg rating — 1,785 ratings

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“Not yet. I don't know what I'm so happy about. But it doesn't matter whether Ma agrees or not. I can make my own decisions. I'm a person, the same as the rest of you.”
― Pa Chin, Family
tags: activist, inspirational
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“Nor I, I don't think there could be a situation like that. Love is shining and righteous; there's nothing hidden about it. If a man 's heart is really ardent, how can he give the appearance of being cold and disinterested?”
― Pa Chin, Family
tags: love-quotes
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“Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.”
― Ba Jin
tags: life-lessons, past
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