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Chinese novelist and anarchist activist (1904-2005)

Li Yaotang 李尧棠 (or Li Feigan; Zi: 芾甘) (November 25 1904 – October 17 2005) was a Chinese writer and anarchist; he was most famous under his pen name of Ba Jin (巴金, also written Pa Chin). He created this pseudonym in 1929 from the first syllable of Bakunin and of the last syllable of Kropotkin, the famous Russian anarchists.

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Native Name: 巴金
Alternative Names: Li Yaotang • Li Feigan • Pa Chin • Pa Kin

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