On the character Chueh-hsin (Juexin), in Family (1931)
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He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bitterness; he would bear anything rather than oppose a person directly. Nor did it ever occur to him to wonder whether this forbearance might not be harmful to others.
— Ba Jin
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "He had never disagreed with anyone in his life, no matter how unfairly they may have treated him. He preferred to swallow his tears, suppress his anger and bitterness; he would bear anything rather than oppose a person directly. Nor did it ever occur to him to wonder whether this forbearance might not be harmful to others." in the context of "On the character Chueh-hsin (Juexin), in Family (1931)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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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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