Exiled pilgrims : memoirs of pre-cultural revolution zhiqing /
Exiled pilgrims : memoirs of pre-cultural revolution zhiqing /
translated and edited by Peng Deng.
- 1 online resource (xi, 445 pages) : illustrations.
- Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287372. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Youth Training School in Chengdu / In Remembrance of Those Long-Gone Years / The Road to Xinjiang / Between Chongqing and Yunnan / Boarding the Westbound 413 / Friends in Southern Hunan / Tales of Camp Harmony / Three “Higher Intellectuals” on Our Farm / Behind the Clouds / Grain “Looters” / Snow Leopard / We Were Once All “Hukou Soldiers” / Unlucky Émigré / My Days in Well Pass / Sixth Aunt / Lost Love in the Daba Mountains / Photo Section -- Songs of October / Withered Youth / The Choice between Life and Death / Massacre in Nanjiang / Born to Be Criminals / In Those Wintry Days / The Fortieth Anniversary of Wang Baiming’s Death / My Twelve Years as a Zhiqing / Teacher Qin / Ten Years in Dragon Spring / Self-Taught Doctor from the Mountains / My Dream of College / Troublesome Personal Data Form / The Ordeal of Job Hunting / Disability Certification / The Long Way Home / My Father / Appendices: Education Bureau of Chongqing Municipality Document -- Glossary -- Index. Deng Peng -- Longqian Tang -- Xiu Han -- Danan Dong -- Ying He -- Xiping Jin -- Jianfu Zhang -- Baichun Wu -- Xiaotao Song -- Zongjing Ren -- Xuchu Jiang -- Tongmin Pang -- Zhonggong Li -- Ming Shi -- Yumin Ding -- Yuanling Wang -- Yiting Zhang -- Changyi Liu -- Zhongmei Li -- Wenhua Ma -- Xingquan Yang -- Mengjie Zhang -- Bangxian Zhou -- Wendou Zheng -- Shiyan Wang -- Lingfu Wang -- Xiaonong Wan -- Wei Li -- Shuling Jiang -- Xianzheng Xia -- Minghe Zhao -- Suhua Li -- Zisen Li -- Yuanshu Deng --
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Exiled Pilgrims contains thirty-two personal accounts by people who, as teenagers, went to rural China in 1964 and 1965. Barred from high school or college by political discrimination, the authors left the cities for the countryside in hopes of redeeming their “original sin” while making a difference in rural China with their hard work, only to find out that their idealism was futile in a mundane world and absurd time. Thus their pilgrimage to an illusory utopia turned into a painful search for truth and a tough struggle to liberate themselves against enormous odds. The book is the first and only collection of stories by members of a once marginalized and heretofore largely unheard-of group in contemporary China. \'The stories of these young 'exiled pilgrims' bring the reader uplifting examples of the resilience of the human spirit. Their stories are heart-breaking, but the voice is never cynical, and hope is a constant. Exiled Pilgrims is a treasure.\' Carole Head, High Point University \'The stories compiled here detail the daily life of a strange and fascinating period, always with emotion, often with humor, showing that one can speak about serious things without being dry. Reading this book is an excellent and pleasant way to understand the real China under Mao.\' Michel Bonnin, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris \'These individualized accounts reflect the shining—and somewhat sad—lives of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing. In their stories, the authors not only record their personal experiences, but also provide insightful explanation for the origins, evolution, and impact of such phenomena as the implementation of the class line at schools and the utopian orientation among the Chinese youth in the early and mid-1960s. Together with the valuable photos and rare documents, stories in Exiled Pilgrims give us a fairly comprehensive portrayal of the collective journey of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing.\' Liu Xiaomeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Translated from the Chinese.
9789004292086
10.1163/9789004292086 DOI
Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976)
Since 1900
Youth--China.
Intellectual life.
Social conditions.
Rural conditions.
School-to-work transition.
Urban-rural migration.
Youth.
China--Intellectual life--1949-1976.
China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.
China--Rural conditions--20th century--Anecdotes.
China--Social conditions--1949---Anecdotes.
China.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
History.
Personal narratives.
HQ799.C55 / E95 2015
305.2350951
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Youth Training School in Chengdu / In Remembrance of Those Long-Gone Years / The Road to Xinjiang / Between Chongqing and Yunnan / Boarding the Westbound 413 / Friends in Southern Hunan / Tales of Camp Harmony / Three “Higher Intellectuals” on Our Farm / Behind the Clouds / Grain “Looters” / Snow Leopard / We Were Once All “Hukou Soldiers” / Unlucky Émigré / My Days in Well Pass / Sixth Aunt / Lost Love in the Daba Mountains / Photo Section -- Songs of October / Withered Youth / The Choice between Life and Death / Massacre in Nanjiang / Born to Be Criminals / In Those Wintry Days / The Fortieth Anniversary of Wang Baiming’s Death / My Twelve Years as a Zhiqing / Teacher Qin / Ten Years in Dragon Spring / Self-Taught Doctor from the Mountains / My Dream of College / Troublesome Personal Data Form / The Ordeal of Job Hunting / Disability Certification / The Long Way Home / My Father / Appendices: Education Bureau of Chongqing Municipality Document -- Glossary -- Index. Deng Peng -- Longqian Tang -- Xiu Han -- Danan Dong -- Ying He -- Xiping Jin -- Jianfu Zhang -- Baichun Wu -- Xiaotao Song -- Zongjing Ren -- Xuchu Jiang -- Tongmin Pang -- Zhonggong Li -- Ming Shi -- Yumin Ding -- Yuanling Wang -- Yiting Zhang -- Changyi Liu -- Zhongmei Li -- Wenhua Ma -- Xingquan Yang -- Mengjie Zhang -- Bangxian Zhou -- Wendou Zheng -- Shiyan Wang -- Lingfu Wang -- Xiaonong Wan -- Wei Li -- Shuling Jiang -- Xianzheng Xia -- Minghe Zhao -- Suhua Li -- Zisen Li -- Yuanshu Deng --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Exiled Pilgrims contains thirty-two personal accounts by people who, as teenagers, went to rural China in 1964 and 1965. Barred from high school or college by political discrimination, the authors left the cities for the countryside in hopes of redeeming their “original sin” while making a difference in rural China with their hard work, only to find out that their idealism was futile in a mundane world and absurd time. Thus their pilgrimage to an illusory utopia turned into a painful search for truth and a tough struggle to liberate themselves against enormous odds. The book is the first and only collection of stories by members of a once marginalized and heretofore largely unheard-of group in contemporary China. \'The stories of these young 'exiled pilgrims' bring the reader uplifting examples of the resilience of the human spirit. Their stories are heart-breaking, but the voice is never cynical, and hope is a constant. Exiled Pilgrims is a treasure.\' Carole Head, High Point University \'The stories compiled here detail the daily life of a strange and fascinating period, always with emotion, often with humor, showing that one can speak about serious things without being dry. Reading this book is an excellent and pleasant way to understand the real China under Mao.\' Michel Bonnin, School for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Paris \'These individualized accounts reflect the shining—and somewhat sad—lives of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing. In their stories, the authors not only record their personal experiences, but also provide insightful explanation for the origins, evolution, and impact of such phenomena as the implementation of the class line at schools and the utopian orientation among the Chinese youth in the early and mid-1960s. Together with the valuable photos and rare documents, stories in Exiled Pilgrims give us a fairly comprehensive portrayal of the collective journey of pre-Cultural Revolution zhiqing.\' Liu Xiaomeng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing
Translated from the Chinese.
9789004292086
10.1163/9789004292086 DOI
Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976)
Since 1900
Youth--China.
Intellectual life.
Social conditions.
Rural conditions.
School-to-work transition.
Urban-rural migration.
Youth.
China--Intellectual life--1949-1976.
China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Personal narratives.
China--Rural conditions--20th century--Anecdotes.
China--Social conditions--1949---Anecdotes.
China.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
History.
Personal narratives.
HQ799.C55 / E95 2015
305.2350951