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040			_aLC _cUNZA _eRDA
050			_aPL 2780 _bBA 2008
100			_aBa, Jin
245			_aFamily / _cby Ba Jin ; translated by Lu Jianji ; edited by Shi Guangheng, Lu Xiaoyi and Yang Junxuan.
250			_aSecond edition
260			_aBeijing : _bSinolingua, _c2008.
300			_aii, 149 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm, _eAccompanied by CD.
440			_aAbridged Chinese Classic Series
500			_aThis is an abridged version of the first of the trilogy 'The Torrents: Family, Spring, Autumn', masterpiece of Ba Jin, one of the great writers of modern Chinese literature. The trilogy recounts the decline of a large feudal family following the May Fourth Movement of 1919. Using the conflicts among three generations of the Gao family as the main threads, 'Family' exposes the darkness and decadence of the feudal society. The author relentlessly castigates the hypocritical and malicious feudal apologists such as the Venerable Masters Gao and Feng, eulogizes Gao Juehui and others of the awakening young generation who rebel against feudalism, and expresses deep sympathy for those who became victims of feudal moral ethics. The abridged version, approximately 1/10 of the original, can be read by elementary level students of Chinese with a 2,000-word vocabulary or can be used as an aid to reading the original. Each chapter is followed by a list of words and commentary notes both in Chinese and English, and several study questions.
650			_aChinese Language _xChinese Fiction
650			_aChinese language _xTextbooks for foreign speakers
650			_a Adaptations _xBa, Jin (1904-2005) _zChina
700			_aBa, Jin _eauthor
700			_aLu, Jianji _etranslator
700			_aShi, Guangheng _eeditor
700			_aLu, Xiaoyi _eeditor
700			_aYang, Junxuan _eeditor
942			_cBOOK