1936

Ba, Jin. Qian ye yi ben xu. In : Sheng zhi chan hui. (Shanghai : Shang wu yin shu guan, 1936). [Artikel über Kampf, Leopod. Am Vorabend : Drama in drei Akten [ID D37393].
"It is probably ten years ago that a fifteen year old youth was reading this little book. At that time he had just embraced the ideal of loving mankind and loving the world ; he had the childish illusion that a new society in which everybody shares happiness would rise with tomorrow's sun and that all evils would instantly vanish. Reading the little book in this frame of mind, he was indescribably stirred. That book opened for his a new vista and let him see the great tragedy of a generation of youth in another country striving for the liberty and happiness of the people. In that book the fifteen year old formed for the first time the hero of his dreams, found moreover his life's career. He introduced that book to his friends as a precious jewel. They even copied it down word by word, and because it was a play, they played it on stage several times. This child was myself, and the book was the Chinese translation of On the eve."