Bing Xin’s Story

Bing Xin (1900.10.5-1999.2.28) was born in Changle, Fujian, and her original name was Xie Wanying. His father, Xie Baozhang, was a patriotic naval officer who participated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1898. Bingxin spent his teenage life dressing up, riding horses, and shooting among the waves, ship armor, and military camps. The humiliating history of the Chinese nation being bullied by foreign powers further inspired her patriotism. In 1911, Bing Xin entered the preparatory course of Fuzhou Women's Normal School. In 1914, she studied at Beiman Girls' Middle School, a missionary school in Beijing. During the May 4th Movement, she studied science at Concordia Women's University and later transferred to the literature department. She was elected as a student union secretary and devoted herself to the student patriotic movement. In 1921, he participated in the literary research association initiated by Mao Dun, Zheng Zhenduo and others, worked hard to implement the artistic purpose of "for life", and published the novel collection "Superman" and the poetry collection "Stars". In 1923, he went to the United States to study, specializing in literary research. He once wrote essays about his travels and foreign experiences and sent them back to China for publication, and compiled them into "For Young Readers", which attracted worldwide attention and still has a good reputation to this day. After returning to China in 1926, he successively taught at Yenching University and the Women's College of Arts and Sciences of Tsinghua University. From 1929 to 1933, he wrote "Fen", "Return to the South", etc. He also translated "The Prophet" by Syrian writer Kahlil Gibran. During the Anti-Japanese War, he wrote "About Women" under the pseudonym "Man" in Chongqing. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he went to Japan and taught in the New Chinese Literature Department of the University of Tokyo from 1949 to 1951. After returning to China in 1951, in addition to continuing to devote himself to creation, he also actively participated in various social activities. He served as the honorary chairman of the Central Committee of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, honorary chairman and consultant of the Chinese Writers Association, and honorary director of the China Translators Association. Equal grade.