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MOMENTINPEKINGbyLinYutang,1,ChinesewriterBornOct.10,1895,FujianprovincediedMarch26,1976,HongKongstudiedintheU.S.andEuropeIn1932heestablishedahighlysuccessfulWestern-stylesatiricalmagazineofatypetotallynewtoChina,LinYutang:,2,LinsAcademics,studiedatSaintJohnsUniversityinShanghai,bachelorsdegree,studyatHarvardUniversity,doctoraldegree,movingtoFranceandeventuallytoGermany,completedhisrequirementsforadoctoraldegree,taughtatPekingUniversity,Englishliterature,3,LinsLegacy,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.,4,5,MomentinPekingisanhistoricalnoveloriginallywritteninEnglishbytheChineseAmericanauthorLinYutang.ThenovelcoverstheturbulenteventsinChinafrom1900to1938includingtheBoxerUprisingTheRepublicanRevolutionof1911theWarlordEratheriseofnationalismandcommunism,andtheoriginsoftheSino-JapaneseWarof1937-1945.,6,Thisnovelismerelyastoryof.howcertainhabitsoflivingandwaysofthinkingareformedandhow,aboveall,menandwomenadjustthemselvestothecircumstancesinthisearthlylifewheremenstrivebutgodsrule.,7,Maincharacters,YaoMulan(姚木兰)Theprotagonistofthestory,Mulan,isfromthewealthyYaofamily.DuringtheBoxerRebellionsheiskidnappedbybandits,andthenrescuedbytheTsengfamily;thetwofamiliesthereafterbecomeclosefriends.Mulanislively,intelligent,andgenerous,aswellasextremelyresponsible.Herfatherhasalwaysencouragedherinterests,amongthemherintenseinterestinbonecharacters(thestudyofancientChinesecharacterswrittenonbones)andthesingingofChineseopera.Herintelligence,alongwithherkindheartednature,catchtheinterestofayoungmannamedKungLifu.MulanfeelsattractedtoLifu,butshehonorsherfamilyswishandadvicethatshemarrySunya;thismarriageismainlyharmonious.Togethertheyhaveonechild,Amei.,8,Maincharacters,TsengSunya(ZengSunya,曾荪亚)Mulanshusband,TsengSunya,isaffectionatelycalledFattybyMulan.Astheyoungestsonofhisfamily,Sunyaisarguablytheleastresponsibleone,buthaswhatiscalledaroundcharacter.HeandMulanhadgottentoknoweachotherwellwhenMulanwasrescuedfrombanditsbyhisparentswhentheywerechildren.Asthetwofamiliesbecameincreasinglyclose,theirengagementwasplannedhappily.,9,Maincharacters,KungLifu(KongLifu,孔立夫)AscholarandYaoMochowshusband,heoriginallyfellinlovewithMulan,butmarriedMochow.YaoMochow(YaoMochou,姚莫愁)YaoMulanssister,sheisalsoverycleverandattractive.ShehadbeeninlovewithSunyabutamisunderstandingwithLihuaseparatedthem.ShewentoutwithNiuHuaiYuandfinallymarriedLifu.,10,Maincharacters,Redjade(红玉)Mulan,Mochow,andAfeiscousin.ShewasmadlyinlovewithAfei,andadmiredLinDaiyufromtheclassicDreamoftheRedChamber(红楼梦).WhenshemisunderstoodaconversationandthoughtthatAfeididntloveher,shecommittedsuicidebydrowningherself.,11,Thenovelhasbeenadaptedtwiceintoatelevisiondrama,includingthemostrecentversionin2005,starringZhaoWei.,Adaptations,12,TheCountofMonteCristo,ByAlexandreDumas,13,InthisdramatizationofDumass1845novel,awronglyimprisonedFrenchmanlearnsofavastburiedtreasure,escapesfromprison,findsthetreasure,andcomestoParistoberevengedonthosewhoimprisonedhim.,14,Born:24July1802Birthplace:Villers-Cotterets,FranceDied:5December1870(naturalcauses)BestKnownAs:TheauthorofTheThreeMusketeers,15,AlexandreDumaswrotetheclassicadventurenovelTheThreeMusketeersandsomeofthemostfamousandpopularstoriesinFrenchliterature.,16,Beginningin1844hehadastringofbrilliantlysuccessfulbooks,publishingTheThreeMusketeers(1844,firstprintedinserialform)andfollowingitwithTwentyYearsAfter(1845)andTheBlackTulip(1850),amongmanyothers.Agreatcelebritywri