Bing Xin (1900-1999), formerly known as Xie Wanying, whose pen name is Bing Xin, means "a piece of Bing Xin in the jade pot" (verse source: Wang Changling's Parting with Xin Jian at Furong Inn). Born in Hengling Village, Changle, Fuzhou, Fujian, he is a famous poet, writer, translator and children's writer.
Her translations, such as The Prophet by Ji Bolun in Lebanon, The Sand and the Bubble, Tagore's Chittaglia, The Gardener's Collection and many other plays, are all recognized as excellent literary translations, and were awarded the National Cedar Medal by the Lebanese President with 1995.
Writing characteristics
In Bing Xin's works, the activities of characters are often arranged in the early morning, dusk and moonlit night. The activity scene is set at the seaside, lakeside, park, mountain and boat; With the help of the description of natural scenery, the beauty of characters and the beauty of environment are integrated into one, so as to achieve a situation of blending scenes and create a specific warm atmosphere.
Bing Xin pays special attention to the expression of feelings in the process of prose creation. Bing Xin often expresses her aesthetic psychology and ideals with the help of natural scenery.
In her children's literature works, Bing Xin often artistically inserts some knowledge of astronomy, geography, history and science into young readers according to the characteristics of children's strong thirst for knowledge. However, Bing Xin is not simply imparting knowledge. It is neither as systematic as textbooks nor as stereotyped as popular science books, but contains rich knowledge in flowing descriptions.