Ba Jin (1904 - 2005)
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Thousands of people from all over the country line up outside the Longhua Funeral Home in Shanghai yesterday afternoon to say a last farewell to Chinese literary master Ba Jin. His funeral was held at the funeral home, before cremation.- Shanghai Daily 
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Ashes of writer, wife sprinkled at sea  (26/11 09:51)
The relatives of Ba Jin, one of China's most important literary figures in the 20th century, and his wife, Xiao Shan, arranged for a final reunion for the couple yesterday morning when their ashes were sprinkled into the East China Sea.

Ba Jin's funeral held amid tears, praise  (25/10 09:34)
Li Yi is an 11-year-old elementary school student and is unlikely that she would have read or understood the works of Ba Jin, one of the country's most acclaimed novelists of the past century.

Ba Jin, literary anti-feudal maestro, recalled as hero  (25/10 08:43)
The soul of Ba Jin, one of the greatest literary maestros in China, will always be remembered by Chinese readers and will shine as a bright star in heaven, said Yu Chunchao, a Tsinghua University student.

 

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