1904 (30th year of Guangxu reign in Qing dynasty),165438+1October 25th (65438+1October 19 in lunar calendar) was born in a feudal bureaucratic landlord family in Zhengtongshun Street, north gate of Chengdu, Sichuan. His real name is Li Yaotang, and his word is Guo Gan. The whole extended family consists of nearly 20 elders, more than 30 brothers and sisters, and 40 or 50 male and female servants.
At the age of five, my father became the magistrate of Guangyuan county in northern Sichuan and went with his parents. I am studying at home with two brothers and two sisters in Yamen, Guangyuan County. Sister Yang takes care of her daily life. At the age of seven, Sister Yang, a servant girl, died after a long illness, which left a deep impression on her. Later, she wrote a short story "Sister Yang" based on her. Later, he resigned with his father and moved back to Chengdu.
Second, my mother died.
19 14 At the age of seven, my mother died. Since then, I have deeply felt the sadness of children without mothers. His mother's teaching of "loving everyone" had a great influence on Ba Jin, and later he called his mother his "first husband".
With my mother's permission, I often stayed with those "servants" after I returned to Chengdu, and my friendship with them continued until I left Chengdu. Among these people, they have gained a belief in justice and a straightforward personality close to the original. The sedan chair bearer Lao Zhou taught him to be sincere and impressed him the most, and later called him his "second gentleman".
Third, my father died.
19 17 years (six years of the Republic of China), thirteen years old, in the spring, street fighting took place in Chengdu, and the Sichuan and Yunnan armies fought fiercely for seven days. During this period, two sons of the second uncle died of illness one after another. Ba Jin and his third brother also suffer from laryngitis. As soon as the war stopped, my father Li Daohe died of illness. After his father died, he felt more empty and sought comfort from books. He read many classical novels, such as Yue Zhuan, Shi Gong An, Gong Peng Case and Water Margin.
Starting this year, I will study English with my cousin Xiang, who is studying in Chengdu International Studies University. It is helpful to my cousin for the initial development of Ba Jin's intelligence. When I was fifteen, I studied Japanese with two uncles studying in Japan, and I listened with relish.
Fourth, my grandfather died.
1920 (nine years of the Republic of China) was sixteen years old and his grandfather died. Because grandpa died, my sister-in-law moved out of town to have a baby. After my grandfather died, the disputes and struggles within the extended family intensified, leading to more tragedies. In September, he was admitted to Chengdu International Studies University. In winter, Chengdu academic circles launched a petition and collective strike against warlord Liu Cunhou, and Ba Jin also participated. This is his first time to participate in social struggle.
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In 1921 (ten years of the Republic of China), I was seventeen years old. On February 20th, Chengdu Half-monthly Talk was published. 14. I read the main idea and outline of "Suitable for Society" and was very interested. I wrote to the editorial department of Bimonthly Talk and asked to join. Wu Xianyou, a young friend of the editorial department, taught Ba Jin the spirit of "self-reliance", and later Ba Jin called him his "third gentleman".
1 April, half-monthly talk 17 published how to build a truly free and equal society, which is the first article published so far. His name was listed in the No.1 17 issue of Semimonthly Talk magazine, Records of Members of Our Society: Bi Gan.
China Net-Overview of Ba Jin's Life and Literary Activities