Yang Bi (simplified Chinese: 杨必; traditional Chinese: 楊必; pinyin: Yáng Bì; born May 1922 - 4 March 1968) was a Chinese translator and associate professor at Fudan University.
Yang Bi | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 杨必 |
| Born | May 1922 Shanghai, China |
| Died | March 4, 1968 (aged 45) Shanghai, China |
| Pen name | Xinyi (心一) |
| Occupation | Translator, professor |
| Language | Chinese, English |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Alma mater | Aurora Women's College of Arts and Sciences |
| Notable works | Vanity Fair |
| Relatives | Yang Yinhang (father) Tang Xu'an (mother) Yang Jiang (sister) |
Biography edit
Yang was born in May 1922 in Shanghai, while her ancestral home in Wuxi, Jiangsu.[1] Her father Yang Yinhang ((Chinese: 杨荫杭); 1878 - 1945) was a jurist who graduated from Waseda University and the University of Pennsylvania.[2] Her mother Tang Xu'an (Chinese: 唐须荌) was a housewife.[3] Her sister Yang Jiang was a writer and translator.[4][5] She was raised in Suzhou. She studied and then taught at Aurora Women's College of Arts and Sciences. In 1952, Aurora Women's College of Arts and Sciences was merged into Fudan University, she was promoted to associate professor. In 1968, she was asked to account for the International Labour Office in the "Cleaning up the Class Movement" (Chinese: 清理阶级队伍运动). She died during that movement at the age of 46.[6]
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References edit
- ^ Luo Yinsheng (2016), p. 14.
- ^ Luo Yinsheng (2016), p. 4.
- ^ Luo Yinsheng (2016), p. 6.
- ^ 杨必杨绛合作《名利场》 杨绛“点烦”本出版. people.com.cn (in Chinese). 2016-11-21.
- ^ 杨绛生前最后作品 点烦本《名利场》出版. china.com (in Chinese). 2016-11-21.
- ^ Luo Yinsheng (2016), p. 212.
- ^ William Makepeace Thackeray (2015). Vanity Fair (in Chinese). Beijing: People's Literature Publishing House.
Bibliography edit
- Luo Yinsheng (罗银胜) (2016). 《杨绛传》 [Biography of Yang Jiang] (in Chinese). Chengdu, Sichuan: Tiandi Press. ISBN 978-7-5455-2080-4.