Bing Xin’s life story Bing Xin, formerly known as Xie Wanying, was originally from Changle County, Fujian Province, and was born in Fuzhou City on October 5, 1900. During her childhood, she spent seven or eight years in Yantai, living in the mountains and seas. Bing Xin's early works often wrote about the sea affectionately. As a child, she read extensively Chinese classical novels and foreign works translated into Chinese. In 1912, she was admitted to Fuzhou Women's Normal College Preparatory College. In 1913, she went to Beijing with her family and entered Beiman Girls' Middle School, a missionary school. In 1918, Bing Xin was admitted to the Preparatory Department of Concordia Women's University with the purpose of studying medicine. Later, she changed her original intention and switched to literature. In 1923, she graduated from Yenching University in liberal arts with honors. Bing Xin is one of the first batch of modern writers to emerge from the May 4th New Literature Movement. She is one of the most famous female writers and an important member of the Literary Research Association. Stirred by the new trend of thought, she published her first novel "Two Families" under the pen name "Bing Xin" in September 1919, revealing the necessity of improving family life for the sake of career. Later, she published "problem novels" that revealed life issues such as society, family, and women, such as "The Man Is Alone and Haggard." At the same time, she wrote prose. "Laughter", published in 1921, is considered a typical beautiful essay in the early days of the New Literature Movement. She was also influenced by Rabindranath Tagore's "Birds" and wrote more than 300 untitled aphoristic free-style poems, which were collected into "Stars" and "Spring Water". The writer's unique thoughts, feelings and aesthetic consciousness are very popular among readers. In the autumn of 1923, Bing Xin went to the Graduate School of Wellesley Women's University in the United States to study English literature. From then to 1926, she wrote 29 intimate and sincere letters to children about her experiences and experiences during her travels and foreign countries, as well as her memories of the past. The letters were published in the "Children's World" column of "Morning Post" and compiled into "For Little Readers" published in 1926. This is a representative work of Bing Xin's early prose and the earliest children's literature work in modern China. Her prose has higher achievements than novels and poems, and was called the magical "Bing Xin Style" at the time. In 1926, Bing Xin returned to China after receiving a Master of Arts degree in the United States and taught at Yenching University, Tsinghua University and Beijing Women's College of Arts and Sciences. There were few creative works during this period, but some influential works include "Returning to the South", "Fate", "Dong'er Girl", "Our Wife's Living Room", etc. These works have more profound social content, showing Bing Xin's new understanding of life. During the summer vacation of 1936, she traveled to Europe and the United States, passing through Japan, the United States, the Soviet Union, Italy, Britain, France, Germany and other countries. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Bing Xin went to Chongqing and hosted the bimonthly "Women's Culture". From 1941 to 1947, she served as a political councilor of the Political Suffrage Conference. In the summer of 1946, I returned to Peiping. In the winter of that year, my family went to Japan. In 1950, Bing Xin became the first female professor at the University of Tokyo, teaching Chinese New Literature at the school. In 1951, Bing Xin returned to China from Japan. In the new socialist China, her life and creation opened a new page. After 1958 and 1978, she wrote "Re-Send to Little Readers" and "Three Posts to Little Readers" for children, and also wrote essays "After Returning", "Into the Great Hall of the People", "Ode to Cherry Blossoms", etc. . These prose not only maintain her unique artistic style, but also show colorful pictures of life on a broad background rich in the flavor of the times, showing a bright and optimistic tone. In 1980, her short story "Empty Nest" won the National Outstanding Short Story Award. Her children's literature selection "Little Orange Lamp" and other works won the honorary award in the 1980 National Children's Literary Creation Awards. In 1982, Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House began to publish the five-volume "Collected Works of Bing Xin" and the three-volume "Selected Works of Bing Xin" in the same year. Bing Xin has also translated and published Rabindranath Tagore's poetry collections, plays and works of other foreign writers. In her spare time, she is committed to safeguarding world peace, foreign friendship and cultural exchanges, and has visited many countries abroad. She has been elected as a representative of the National People's Congress, a member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and vice chairman of the China Association for the Promotion of Democracy, a director of the Chinese Writers Association, a member, vice chairman and honorary chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In his preface to the book "The Biography of Bing Xin" on July 28, 1988, Ba Jin called her "the last veteran of our new literature"; at the same time, he also said that "her mind is clearer than that of many young people, and her thinking She is more sensitive and has a deeper love for her country and her people.” His major works include the prose collection "For Little Readers", the poetry collections "Spring Water" and "Stars", and the children's literature collection "Little Orange Lantern". There are also "Selected Translations of Bing Xin's Works" (three volumes), "Collected Works of Bing Xin" (six volumes), etc.
The main translations include: (Syrian) Cairo﹒ Gibran "The Prophet" (People's Literature Publishing House, 1957), Mullah. Anand's "Collection of Indian Fairy Tales" (Shanghai Children's Publishing House, 1955), (India) Tagore's "Gitanjali" (People's Literature Publishing House, first edition in 1955, reprinted in 1983), "Selected Plays of Tagore" (People's Literature Publishing House, 1958), "Collection of Gardeners" (People's Literature Publishing House, 1961), "Collected Poems" (co-translation, People's Literature Publishing House, 1958), "Selected Poems" (co-translation, People's Literature Publishing House, 1958) Publishing House, 1980), "Selected Lyric Poems of Tagore" (Wanli Bookstore, Hong Kong, China, 1959), "Collected Works of Tagore" (China Drama Publishing House, 1959), "Selected Novels of Tagore" (co-translation, Guizhou People's Publishing House, 1981), "Selected Poems of Rabindranath Tagore" ("Gitanjali", "Gardener's Collection", Hunan People's Publishing House, 1982), Mahendra's "Copy of Mahendra's Poems" (co-translation, Writers Publishing House, 1966), Anton Buttigieg's "Lamp Burner" (People's Literature Publishing House, 1981), etc.
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Bing Xin, also known as the grandmother of Chinese literature
Formerly known as Xie Wanying
Born in Changle, Fujian Province in 1900
In the first year of college in 1919
The era of the May 4th Movement
First with ( Bing Xin) submitted articles under the pen name
Since then, (Bing Xin) has been active in the literary world
Together with Xia Yan and Ba Jin, he is known as the great literary figure of the twentieth century. (Paper Boat) Middle school student In the 22nd year of the text
Bing Xin began to publish her works when she was only 22 years old
Her representative works include a collection of essays (For Young Readers) and a collection of poems (Stars)
(Spring Water), etc. Her work (Paper Boat-------For Mother)
It is currently one of the Chinese subjects for first-year secondary school students in Hong Kong. Bing Xin’s creative journey
< p> Mainly influenced by his motherHis mother has a profound literary foundation
Bing Xin was influenced by her eyes and ears
She also learned a good literary talent
Continue the culture. At the beginning of the century
There were not many books suitable for young people to read
Bing Xin saw this
During his stay in the United States, he specially wrote an article ( Send articles to young readers
Share things during your trip with young readers in China
Well-known in the literary world. (Biography of Contemporary Giants) has this description of Bing Xin: (She is innocent and beautiful The words with sparkling words
have ignited the hearts of generations of readers for nearly a century
...) The famous writer who has read Bing Xin's works since he was a child Wang Meng highly praised Bing Xin's works
and commented: "In Nature
True Colors
Sincere
Plain yet full of principles
Nobility and dignity)
(Humor contains edge). After seventy-five cold and summer creative journeys
Bing Xin was born in 1994 Stopped his literary creation
Published in 1993 (The Complete Works of Bing Xin)
Summarized Bing Xin's life creation
Talking about poetry
Powder
Letters, etc.
Over a thousand in number
Nearly 4 million words. (Complete collection) Nearly 4 million words Bing Xin moved with her parents when she was twelve years old Go to live in Beijing
After graduating from Yenching University
Go to study in the United States in 2023
Return to China after three years
Former Taught at Yenching University
Beijing Women's University and Tsinghua University
In 2009, she married Wu Wenzao. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War
She followed her husband to the Japanese Embassy.
Until returning to China in 2015.
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