As quoted in "Ba Jin: A Century of Literary Greatness" at the China Internet Information Center (November 2003)
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I believe in the future a new Dante will write a new Divine Comedy.
— 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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