Yan Wenjing (; October 15, 1915 – July 20, 2005) was a Chinese writer. He was born Yan Wenjin () in
Wuchang
Wuchang forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. It is the oldest of the three cities that merged into modern-day Wuhan, and stood on the ri ...
,
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
province.
Career
* In 1934, Yan Wenjing graduated from
Hubei
Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...
Senior High School.
* In 1935, Yan Wenjing took his first job in
Beijing Library.
* In 1937, Yan Wenjing published a collection of his proses.
* In 1938, Yan Wenjing continued his study in Multi-political University.
* a reflection written by Yan Wenjing on the hope for friendly Sino-Japanese relations describing the author's discovery of Lotus flowers imported from China which had been planted around the portrait of
Jianzhen
Jianzhen (; 688–763), or Ganjin in Japanese, was a Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempted to visit Japan some six times. Ganjin finally came to Japan in the year 753 and ...
in the
Tōshōdai-ji
is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the ''kondō'', has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetyp ...
temple in
Nara, Nara
is the capital city of Nara Prefecture, Japan. As of 2022, Nara has an estimated population of 367,353 according to World Population Review, making it the largest city in Nara Prefecture and sixth-largest in the Kansai region of Honshu. Nara is ...
, Japan is included as one of the oral assessment passages on the
Putonghua Proficiency Test
The Putonghua Proficiency Test or Putonghua Shuiping Ceshi (PSC) is an official test of spoken fluency in Standard Chinese (Mandarin) intended for native speakers of Chinese languages. The test was developed in October 1994 by the Ministry of Educa ...
.
Works
* 1943: 《南南和胡子伯伯》
* 1949: 《丁丁的一次奇怪旅行》《小溪流的歌》
* 1950: 《蚯蚓和蜜蜂的故事》
* 1957: 《三只骄傲的小猫》, 《唐小西在下一次开船港》
References
External links
8dou.netNews.sina.com.cn
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1915 births
2005 deaths
Chinese children's writers
Republic of China writers
People's Republic of China writers
Writers from Wuhan
Chinese fiction writers