京華煙云-英文介紹

MOMENTINPEKINGby

LinYutang1

Chinesewriter

BornOct.10,1895,Fujianprovince

diedMarch26,1976,HongKong

studiedintheU.S.andEurope

In1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern-stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChinaLinYutang:2Lin’sAcademicsstudiedatSaintJohn'sUniversityinShanghaibachelor'sdegreestudyatHarvardUniversitydoctoraldegreemovingtoFranceandeventuallytoGermanycompletedhisrequirementsforadoctoraldegreetaughtatPekingUniversityEnglishliterature3Lin’sLegacyMyCountryandMyPeople(吾國與吾民)(1935)TheImportanceofLiving(生活的藝術(shù))(1937)MomentinPeking(京華煙云)(1939)BetweenTearsandLaughter(啼笑皆非)(1943)TheVermillionGate(朱門)(1953)TheImportanceofUnderstanding(1960)TheChineseTheoryofArt(1967)HismanyworksrepresentanattempttobridgetheculturalgapbetweentheEastandtheWest.HewasnominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLiteratureseveraltimesinthe1970s.45MomentinPekingisanhistoricalnoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbytheChineseAmericanauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938includingtheBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911theWarlordEratheriseofnationalismandcommunism,andtheoriginsoftheSino-JapaneseWarof1937-1945.6Thisnovelismerelyastoryof...howcertainhabitsoflivingandwaysofthinkingareformedandhow,aboveall,menandwomenadjustthemselvestothecircumstancesinthisearthlylifewheremenstrivebutgodsrule.7MaincharactersYaoMulan(姚木蘭)

Theprotagonistofthestory,Mulan,isfromthewealthyYaofamily.DuringtheBoxerRebellionsheiskidnappedbybandits,andthenrescuedbytheTsengfamily;thetwofamiliesthereafterbecomeclosefriends.Mulanislively,intelligent,andgenerous,aswellasextremelyresponsible.Herfatherhasalwaysencouragedherinterests,amongthemherintenseinterestin"bonecharacters"(thestudyofancientChinesecharacterswrittenonbones)andthesingingofChineseopera.Herintelligence,alongwithherkindheartednature,catchtheinterestofayoungmannamedKungLifu.MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu,butshehonorsherfamily'swishandadvicethatshemarrySunya;thismarriageismainlyharmonious.Togethertheyhaveonechild,Amei.8MaincharactersTsengSunya(ZengSunya,曾蓀亞)

Mulan'shusband,TsengSunya,isaffectionatelycalled"Fatty"byMulan.Astheyoungestsonofhisfamily,Sunyaisarguablytheleastresponsibleone,buthaswhatiscalleda"roundcharacter".HeandMulanhadgottentoknoweachotherwellwhenMulanwasrescuedfrombanditsbyhisparentswhentheywerechildren.Asthetwofamiliesbecameincreasinglyclose,theirengagementwasplannedhappily.9MaincharactersKungLifu(KongLifu,孔立夫)AscholarandYaoMochow'shusband,heoriginallyfellinlovewithMulan,butmarriedMochow.YaoMochow(YaoMochou,姚莫愁)YaoMulan'ssister,sheisalsoverycleverandattractive.ShehadbeeninlovewithSunyabutamisunderstandingwithLihuaseparatedthem.ShewentoutwithNiuHuaiYuandfinallymarriedLifu.10MaincharactersRedjade(紅玉)Mulan,Mochow,andAfei'scousin.ShewasmadlyinlovewithAfei,andadmiredLinDaiyufromtheclassicDreamoftheRedChamber(紅樓夢).WhenshemisunderstoodaconversationandthoughtthatAfeididn'tloveher,shecommittedsuicidebydrowningherself.11Thenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama,includingthemostrecentversionin2005,starringZhaoWei.

Adaptations12TheCountofMonteCristo

By

AlexandreDumas

13InthisdramatizationofDumas's1845novel,awronglyimprisonedFrenchmanlearnsofavastburiedtreasure,escapesfromprison,findsthetreasure,andcomestoParistoberevengedonthosewhoimprisonedhim.

14Born:24July1802Birthplace:Villers-Cotterets,FranceDied:5December1870(naturalcauses)BestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheThreeMusketeers

15AlexandreDumaswrotetheclassicadventurenovel

TheThreeMusketeers

andsomeofthemostfamousandpopularstoriesinFrenchliterature.

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Beginningin1844hehadastringofbrilliantlysuccessfulbooks,publishingTheThreeMusketeers(1844,firstprintedinserialform)andfollowingitwithTwentyYearsAfter(1845)andTheBlackTulip(1850),amongmanyothers.Agreatceleb