As quoted in "Literary witness to century of turmoil" in China Daily (24 November 2003)
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Before my eyes are many miserable scenes, the suffering of others and myself forces my hands to move. I become a machine for writing.
— Ba Jin
What It Means
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About Ba Jin
Li Yaotang ๆๅฐงๆฃ (or Li Feigan; Zi: ่พ็) (November 25 1904 โ October 17 2005) was a Chinese writer and anarchist; he was most famous under his pen name of Ba Jin (ๅทด้, also written Pa Chin). He created this pseudonym in 1929 from the first syllable of Bakunin and of the last syllable of Kropotkin, the famous Russian anarchists.
About Ba Jin
Li Yaotang ๆๅฐงๆฃ (or Li Feigan; Zi: ่พ็) (November 25 1904 โ October 17 2005) was a Chinese writer and anarchist; he was most famous under his pen name of Ba Jin (ๅทด้, also written Pa Chin). He created this pseudonym in 1929 from the first syllable of Bakunin and of the last syllable of Kropotkin, the famous Russian anarchists.
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