Autumn

激流 [Jīliú] #3

by Ba Jin

This abridged version of the final volume of Ba Jins famous trilogy, adhering closely to the original novel, details the conflicts leading to the decline of the venerable Gao family. Over three generations, young activists rebel against a corrupt and feudal society complete with all the growing pains such a revolution ushering in a modern China entails. Suitable for intermediate students of Chinese with a 2,000 word vocabulary, this is a great aid in reading the original novels. New words and notes are explained in English, and each text comes with MP3 to assist in listening comprehension.

Genres: China, Classics

196 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1962

About the author

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

Known also as "Pa Chin"

Reviews

[Rob Hocking · Rating 5 out of 5]

這本書是“刪節中國經典”最後的一本書。最近，因爲課程忙碌的關係，我讀書的速度跌的很厲害。但是，終于讀完這本。

這本書的題目是中國舊的封建社會制度，尤其是年輕人因一切都被長輩決定而受傷了，甚至死（我不清楚一共多少年輕人物死，大概五六以上）。我開讀這三本書（刪節中國經典）的時候，我還在加拿大。因爲只是一個小説而已，我懷疑“作者有可能誇張一點吧”。來到ICLP讀“中國文化叢談”（我們這裏的課本之一）之後我才發現這本書的内容跟實際上的狀況差不了多小。

因此，我覺得這三本非常配合“中國文化叢談”。

最近，因爲我要改掉一些發音方面的壞習慣，我每個禮拜二，四，五，下課之後都會跟一位老師練習念書，特別注意我的聲調。有一天我帶來這本書念。她很好奇，也認爲很配合“中國文化叢談”，請求借，要讀一下，以後也許推薦學生讀。

我覺得，通過“刪節中國經典”和ICLP的課本，我更深的瞭解辛亥革命的目的。