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Life and Death in Shanghai (Chinese: 上海生死劫) is an autobiographical memoir published in November 1987 [1] by Chinese author Yao Nien-Yuan under the pen name Nien Cheng. Written while in exile in the United States , it tells the story of Cheng's arrest during the early days of the Cultural Revolution , her more than six years' of ...
Later, she became a peddler. After several years, Ning moved back with her husband, who had quit his habit and she gave birth to a son. In the meantime, her daughter had married a husband who did not support his family so Ning was forced to support her daughter and grandchildren. Ning later moved in with her son in Beiping (now Beijing). [3]
Cheng Naishan was born in 1946 in Shanghai, China, to Pan Zuojun (Chinese: 潘佐君) [1] and the eldest son of the Cheng family. [2] Her grandfather was Cheng Muhao (Chinese: 程慕灏), noted banker of the Qing dynasty bank who served as Deputy Director of the Bank of China in Kobe, Japan, treasurer and Deputy Manager of the Bank of China in Shanghai, Inspector of China Insurance Company and ...
Nien Cheng or Zheng Nian (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) was the pen name of Yao Nien-Yuan [1] (Chinese: 姚念媛; pinyin: Yáo Niànyuán). [2] She was a Chinese author known for recounting her experiences during the Cultural Revolution in her memoir Life and Death in Shanghai .
She was a daughter of Cai Yong. Her courtesy name was originally Zhaoji , but was changed to Wenji during the Jin dynasty to avoid naming taboo because the Chinese character for zhao in her courtesy name is the same as that in the name of Sima Zhao , the father of the Jin dynasty's founding emperor, Sima Yan .
Published in 1950, the book became a best-seller, especially in the aftermath of the lifting of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1943. [2]In a profile about Wong, The New York Times wrote that the Fifth Chinese Daughter is "a portrait of the Chinese American immigrant family experience, written with humanity and insight."
Chen Che was born in Chengdu, Republic of China, on 20 April 1938. [9] [10] She experienced an unstable childhood due to the Second Sino-Japanese War. [11]Her father, Chen Chih-ping [], came from a humble background in Hengyang, while her mother, Yuan Hsing-shu, belonged to an upper-class family in Suzhou and Shanghai; her grandfather was the head of the Bank of Communications.
Chen Shimei is a Chinese opera character and a byword in China for a heartless and unfaithful man. He was married to Qin Xianglian, also translated as Fragrant Lotus. [1] Chen Shimei betrayed Qin Xianglian by marrying another woman, and tried to kill her to cover up his past.