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Yang Tongyan
Yang Tongyan ( zh, 杨同彦; was writing under the pen name Yang Tianshui ( zh, 杨天水); April 12, 1961 — November 7, 2017), was a Chinese novelist, essayist, poet and best known as dissident for his criticism of the Chinese government. Biography Yang Tongyan graduated from Beijing Normal University with B.A. in History (1982). He worked as teacher, in the civil service, and as a freelance writer. His works were published on the internet. He was accused by the Chinese government of counterrevolutionary actions after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 and was imprisoned from 1990 to 2000. Yang wrote many of his works in prison. He was a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center. He was arrested and then held in a detention centre since December 2005. In May 2006, Tongyan was sentenced to 12 years in prison for publishing criticism of the Chinese government, and sent to prison in Nanjing. He had tuberculosis, peritonitis and was treated in hospital in 2010, but his app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang (surname)
Yang (; ) is the transcription of a Chinese family name. It is the sixth most common surname in Mainland China. It is the 16th surname on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' text. The Yang clan was founded by Boqiao, son of Duke Wu of Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Ji (姬) surname, the surname of the royal family during the Zhou dynasty ) who was enfeoffed in the state of Yang. History The German sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang the "Monkey Clan", citing the totemistic myth recorded in the ''Soushenji'' and ''Fayuan Zhulin'' that the Yangs living in southwestern Shu (modern Sichuan) were descendants of monkeys. The ''Soushenji'' "reported that in the southwest of Shu there were monkey-like animals whose names were ''jiaguo'' (猳國), ''mahua'' (馬化), or '' jueyuan'' (玃猿). These animals abducted women and sent them back when they became pregnant. If the baby were not accepted, the woman would have to die. Therefore these children were raised and they re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |