A Chinese Life

(2012)

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"A Chinese Life" (Table of Contents: 2)

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李昆武 (Li Kunwu); Edward Gauvin (translator); P. Otie [Philippe Otie]

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I have spent a thousand days and nights steeped in joys and hardships.

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Acknowledgements by the authors

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李昆武 (Li Kunwu); Edward Gauvin (translator); P. Ôtié [Philippe Ôtié]

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Beijing. September 2005.

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non-fiction; biography

Characters

Li Kunwu; Philippe Ôtié [P. Ôtié]; Xiao Li [Li Kunwu as a child]

Synopsis

Li Kunwu laughs at the idea of a comic book about his life, but Otie and others convince him that it will be a chance to tell the story of China's tumult, and of his own family.

Keywords

Cartoonist; China; Chinese

"I am not Lao Li ('Old Li', the friendly and respectful way I address Li Kunwu)." (Table of Contents: 5)

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Philippe Ôtié [P. Ôtié]

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non-fiction

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Philippe Ôtié's thoughts on how to wisely help Li Kunwu tell his story.

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Book I: The Time of the Father (Table of Contents: 7)

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China's Deep South: Yunnan Province.

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non-fiction; biography

Characters

Secretary Li; Xia Tao; Mr. Tao

Synopsis

With Communist success in the Civil War just accomplished, 24 year-old Secretary Li stops at small town to spread revolutionary teaching. He becomes enamored of 17 year-old Xia Tao, and on a later trip arranges to take her as his wife.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; Communist; marriage; Yunnan

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Chapter 1: Pure. Red.

Characters

Secretary Li; Xiao Tao; Xiao Li

Keywords

Family

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[Book I Chapter 1] Pure. Red. (Table of Contents: 13)

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Secretary Li; Xiao Tao; Xiao Li; Nainai; Qibao; teacher; townsfolk; country dwellers

Synopsis

As the ridiculous precepts of the Great Leap Forward wreak disaster, Xiao Li's father starts to break down under the weight of his responsibilities. Even as starvation and death reign around them, schoolteachers teach the children to follow Chairman Mao and emulate the heroic examples of Lei Feng.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; elementary school; famine; Great Leap Forward; propaganda

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Chapter 2: The Little Red Book

Characters

Young Red Guard

Keywords

China

Indexer Notes

Quote from "Song of the Red Guard."

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[Book I Chapter 2] The Red Guard (Table of Contents: 17)

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Xiao Li; Hongbao; Secretary Li; schoolchildren; Red Guard members; Xiaoqun; Professor Zhu; Chairman Mao

Synopsis

Following Mao's Little Red Book, the children embark on a spree of bullying townsfolk into their interpretation of continuous revolution. Xiao Li begins his art career, sketching acceptable styles for illiterate hairdressers. The Red Guard enforce THEIR version of revolution with destruction and violence. Children judge and abuse teachers and Hongbao denounces the Li family. Civil war and chaos destroy government, community, and utilities until central government leaders reassert themselves. Millions are dead, and Secretary Li still imprisoned. Xiao Li has apprenticed as an artist.

Keywords

China; Chinese; civil war; Communism; educational; fact; family; Great Cultural Revolution; Little Red Book; prison; Red Guard; school; teacher

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Chapter 3: Red Army

Genre

non-fiction; biography

Characters

Li Kunwu

Keywords

China; Red Army; soldier

Indexer Notes

Quote from a Red Army song.

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[Book I Chapter 3] Red Army (Table of Contents: 20)

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李昆武 (Li Kunwu); Edward Gauvin (translator); P. Ôtié [Philippe Ôtié]

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non-fiction; biography

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Xiao Li; Baobao; Red Army officers; Xiao Tao; Chairman Mao Zedong

Synopsis

Xiao Li's sister is sent to the countryside for re-education, while their mother slaves at factory work until she has to be hospitalized for major surgery. Despite being the grandchild of landowners, Xiao Li convinces army officers to let him enlist, and even rises to the rank of corporal. After Xiao Li serves for several years he is shattered -- as are the army and the nation at large -- by the death of Chairman Mao.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; educational; fact; Red Army; soldier

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Book II The Time of the Party

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Beijing, 13 September 1976.

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non-fiction; biography

Characters

Xiao Li; Secretary Li; Xiao Tao; Li Yunwu; Dequan

Synopsis

As the nation mourns the death of Chairman Mao, the Li family keeps in touch by letters. At length the Central Committee denounces the Gang of Four, saddling them with responsibility for the chaos of the previous decade. Army and people rejoice together as ten years of madness come to an end.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; Cultural Revolution; educational; fact; family; Red Army; soldier

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Chapter 4 The Party

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Xiao Li; Xiao Tao; Secretary Li

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Section divider. Quote from a song of the people.

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[Book II Chaper 4] The Party (Table of Contents: 28)

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Xiao Li; Xiao Tao; Lao Li; Dequan

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Xiao Li's parents are reunited after ten years, and Xiao Li is able to see his father -- now promoted. General Li will not intervene, though, in his son's quest for membership in the Communist Party. Through dint of repeatedly volunteering for hard extra work, valiantly fighting a fire, and denouncing his friend Dequa, he is overwhelmingly elected by the local cell. But his membership is canceled three weeks later, because one of his grandfathers had been a landowner.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; Communist; educational; fact

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Chapter 5 Red Earth

Characters

Xiao Li

Indexer Notes

Section divider. Quote from a popular song.

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[Book II Chapter 5] Red Earth (Table of Contents: 32)

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李昆武 (Li Kunwu); Edward Gauvin (translator); P. Ôtié [Philippe Ôtié]

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non-fiction; biography; history

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Xiao Li; Xiao Tao; General Li; Meimei; Guigui; Bailan; Colonel Tian

Synopsis

Xiao Li gets leave to see his family, and discovers that much of life has returned to "normal." Ashamed at being denied party membership, he volunteers to be a one-man production unit, doing backbreaking work near an isolated village. Following a serious illness he is summoned to the Department of Propaganda, which wants him to use his cartoons to bring Deng Xiaoping Thought to the masses. His superiors anger him by insisting that he soften the hardships of the army and the poor. But his work is published nationwide, finally bringing party membership. At last he is worthy of his father.

Keywords

Artist; cartoonist; China; Chinese; Communism; educational; fact; farmer; farming

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Chapter 6 Old Li

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Apartment dwellers

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[Book II Chapter 6] Old Li (Table of Contents: 36)

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non-fiction; biography; history

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Xiao Li; Xiao Tao; General Li; Guigui; Fengfeng

Synopsis

Thanks to the Thought Liberation Movement, Chinese are being educated into the realities of the outside world, and even receiving western tourists. As Xiao Li continues his work and develops a warm friendship with Fengfeng, General Li decides that after 30 years he must revisit his home town. There he visits his parents' graves and reconciles with family members. Not long afterward he lies on his deathbed, surrounded by his family and calling them to continue their support for the Communist Party.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; Communist; educational; fact; father

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Book III The Time of the Money

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Kunming, Capital of Yunnan Province, Southeastern China.

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non-fiction; biography; history

Characters

Xiao Li; Fengfeng; Xiao Tao; Guigui; factory workers; Old Yu; Bureau Chief Wang

Synopsis

Xiao Li and Fenfeng marry. Under prodding from the central government life around them partakes more of a mixed economy, and more of of a blending with other cultures. While many are delighted with these changes, others are uneasy and resentful.

Keywords

China; Communism; Communist; educational; fact; wedding

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Chapter 7 The First Golden Bowl

Characters

Li Kunwu; son

Keywords

Father

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Quote from popular song, "Young Friends Come Together."

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[Book III Chapter 7] The First Golden Bowl (Table of Contents: 44)

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Xiao Li [Li Kunwu]; Laou Ou [P. Ôtié]; Wei Yuan; Zheng Zong; Ding Zong; LiLi

Synopsis

In an opening sequence, Li Kunwu and P. Ôtié discuss how to present the 1989 Tienanmen Square uprising and the government's action to crush it. Li Kunwu finds it all the more difficult in that no one close to him was directly involved, and in that he thinks China's greatest needs are order and stability. Dropping back to 1990 events, Li Kunwu invests in Wei's business dealings, some of them quite shady. Wei recruits LiLi, a foot-massage girl forced to work exhausting hours for a pittance, to join him in his business.

Keywords

Business; China; Communism; educational; entrepreneur; fact; Tienanmen Square

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Chapter 8 The Character 'Chai'

Characters

Young people

Indexer Notes

Chapter divider. Quote from popular song "On the Fields of Hope."

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[Book III Chapter 8] The Character "Chai" (Table of Contents: 47)

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non-fiction; biography

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Xiao Li; Mrs. Xiao; headmistress; Jia Suming; factory guard; scrap metal dealers

Synopsis

Xiao Li exerts influence to ensure his son's admission into a good school, even as he comforts a student whose grades are too low for him to continue studies. Many people are confused or uncertain by modernizing and westernizing changes. Jia Suming expects to lose his machinist's job as changes come in. Most people are thrilled with the modern new apartments they get to move into -- but many also grieve for their old neighborhood being torn down.

Keywords

China; Chinese; Communism; educational; fact

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Chapter 9 Rebirth

Characters

Cyclist; Xiao Li

Keywords

Bicycle.

Indexer Notes

Chapter divider. Quote from a popular song.

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[Book III Chapter 9] Rebirth (Table of Contents: 51)

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李昆武 (Li Kunwu); Edward Gauvin (translator); P. Ôtié [Philippe Ôtié]

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non-fiction; biography

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Xiao Li; Shan Zong [Shan Yong Guo]; LiLi; Li Rongyu

Synopsis

By the year 2000, Li Rongyu has a large restaurant. When boorish guests make trouble, his old friend Shan Zong (now very wealthy) intervenes and gets them off the premises. Li Rongyu introduces Shan Zong to Xiao Li. As Li Rongyu and Shan Zong grow in wealth, Xiao Li explores remote and tribal parts of China. His work is shown in Paris, where he visits artistic treasures and revolutionary sites -- and finally a comic book store.

Keywords

China; comic book store; Communism; educational; fact; Paris

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Chapter 10 Modern Times

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Chapter divider. Quote from "Beijing Welcomes You."

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[Book III Chapter 10] Modern Times (Table of Contents: 55)

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non-fiction; biography

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Xiao Li; Shan Zong [Shan Yong Guo]; Xiao Tao

Synopsis

Xiao Li and his mother do celebratory shopping for New Year's. He visits Shan Zong who is delighted to see him, but overbusy with the announcement of a major international venture. Xiao Li seeks his old friend Xia Suming [Jia Suming], only to find that the factory in which he works has closed, and Xia has disappeared. President Hu Jintao reviews China's accomplishments, including space missions and the Olympics. Later Xiao Ti wanders the nighttime streets, musing on how far China has come since his birth and childhood.

Keywords

China; Communism; educational; fact

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