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MOMENTINPEKINGbyLinYutang ChinesewriterBornOct 10 1895 FujianprovincediedMarch26 1976 HongKongstudiedintheU S andEuropeIn1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChina LinYutang Lin sAcademics studiedatSaintJohn sUniversityinShanghai bachelor sdegree studyatHarvardUniversity doctoraldegree movingtoFranceandeventuallytoGermany completedhisrequirementsforadoctoraldegree taughtatPekingUniversity Englishliterature Lin sLegacy MyCountryandMyPeople 吾国与吾民 1935 TheImportanceofLiving 生活的艺术 1937 MomentinPeking 京华烟云 1939 BetweenTearsandLaughter 啼笑皆非 1943 TheVermillionGate 朱门 1953 TheImportanceofUnderstanding 1960 TheChineseTheoryofArt 1967 HismanyworksrepresentanattempttobridgetheculturalgapbetweentheEastandtheWest HewasnominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLiteratureseveraltimesinthe1970s MomentinPekingisanhistoricalnoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbytheChineseAmericanauthorLinYutang ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938includingtheBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911theWarlordEratheriseofnationalismandcommunism andtheoriginsoftheSino JapaneseWarof1937 1945 Thisnovelismerelyastoryof howcertainhabitsoflivingandwaysofthinkingareformedandhow aboveall menandwomenadjustthemselvestothecircumstancesinthisearthlylifewheremenstrivebutgodsrule Maincharacters YaoMulan 姚木兰 Theprotagonistofthestory Mulan isfromthewealthyYaofamily DuringtheBoxerRebellionsheiskidnappedbybandits andthenrescuedbytheTsengfamily thetwofamiliesthereafterbecomeclosefriends Mulanislively intelligent andgenerous aswellasextremelyresponsible Herfatherhasalwaysencouragedherinterests amongthemherintenseinterestin bonecharacters thestudyofancientChinesecharacterswrittenonbones andthesingingofChineseopera Herintelligence alongwithherkindheartednature catchtheinterestofayoungmannamedKungLifu MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu butshehonorsherfamily swishandadvicethatshemarrySunya thismarriageismainlyharmonious Togethertheyhaveonechild Amei Maincharacters TsengSunya ZengSunya 曾荪亚 Mulan shusband TsengSunya isaffectionatelycalled Fatty byMulan Astheyoungestsonofhisfamily Sunyaisarguablytheleastresponsibleone buthaswhatiscalleda roundcharacter HeandMulanhadgottentoknoweachotherwellwhenMulanwasrescuedfrombanditsbyhisparentswhentheywerechildren Asthetwofamiliesbecameincreasinglyclose theirengagementwasplannedhappily Maincharacters KungLifu KongLifu 孔立夫 AscholarandYaoMochow shusband heoriginallyfellinlovewithMulan butmarriedMochow YaoMochow YaoMochou 姚莫愁 YaoMulan ssister sheisalsoverycleverandattractive ShehadbeeninlovewithSunyabutamisunderstandingwithLihuaseparatedthem ShewentoutwithNiuHuaiYuandfinallymarriedLifu Maincharacters Redjade 红玉 Mulan Mochow andAfei scousin ShewasmadlyinlovewithAfei andadmiredLinDaiyufromtheclassicDreamoftheRedChamber 红楼梦 WhenshemisunderstoodaconversationandthoughtthatAfeididn tloveher shecommittedsuicidebydrowningherself Thenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama includingthemostrecentversionin2005 starringZhaoWei Adaptations TheCountofMonteCristo ByAlexandreDumas InthisdramatizationofDumas s1845novel awronglyimprisonedFrenchmanlearnsofavastburiedtreasure escapesfromprison findsthetreasure andcomestoParistoberevengedonthosewhoimprisonedhim Born 24July1802Birthplace Villers Cotterets FranceDied 5December1870 naturalcauses BestKnownAs TheauthorofTheThreeMusketeers AlexandreDumaswrotetheclassicadventurenovelTheThreeMusketeersandsomeofthemostfamousandpopularstoriesinFrenchliterature Beginningin1844hehadastringofbrilliantlysuccessfulbooks publishingTheThreeMusketeers 1844 firstprintedinserialform andfollowingitwithTwentyYearsAfter 1845 andTheBlackTulip 1850 amongmanyothers Agreatcelebritywriteroftheday hewasalmostasfamousforh